Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 22:18
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 138 59% 97.6 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 423 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 206 73% 127 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 110 Splatting 138 96% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 263 266 265 268 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 455 Write 427 Mixed 364 SusWrite 271 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 42.3 137% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 216 162% 215 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 173GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 319 316 316 316 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 421 Mixed 363 SusWrite 314 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 43.8 139% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 223 168% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 176GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 62 SusWrite 125 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 160GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 95GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 26 Write 21.2 Mixed 24 SusWrite 14.6 16% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 930GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 184 176 181 175 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 133 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 178 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 106%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 500GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 235GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 28 Write 28.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 14.6 18% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	431x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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