Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	26.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 11:17
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 131 60% 97 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 357 36% 290 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1088 MHz, MLim: 1670 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 48 Parallax 43.7 32% 43.4 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 39 35% 43.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 138 155 100 80 54 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29% Poor	Read 201 Write 109 Mixed 116 SusWrite 105 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 10.1 49% 13.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 102%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 333GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 152 169 110 86 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 369 Write 252 Mixed 146 SusWrite 115 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 24.1 81% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 16.4 20% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 121 121 123 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 81 Write 123 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 121 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	431x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	13x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $588

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16