Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 22:29
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 470 45% 372 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 1940 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Lighting 29.2 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 37.9 24% 34.2 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 27.8 Splatting 36 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 109GB free Firmware: Q0627A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 393 415 416 413 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 417 Mixed 389 SusWrite 411 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 28.9 130% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 45.2 75% 141 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP3OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 84 48 67 61 84 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 130 Write 86 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 68.2 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 15GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 63 63 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 57.8 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 63.6 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 57GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 54 24 24 23 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 158 Write 56.3 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 35.3 92% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.9 168% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 2,312 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 54%

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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 $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