Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 01:25
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 72.1 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 125 54% 89 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 262 30% 234 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1470 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 102 65% 85.2 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 61.7 58% 72.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 81 94 75 85 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 302 Write 69.1 Mixed 157 SusWrite 82.6 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 22.9 79% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 82.1 DQ Write 44.6 DQ Mixed 93.9 62% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 75%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 112GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 172 123 109 129 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 486 Write 390 Mixed 320 SusWrite 156 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 26.3 103% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 46.2 DQ Mixed 77.6 74% 122 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 1600EL Series F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.5% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 37%

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

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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 $269	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 $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