Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 17:50
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 72 2-Core 138 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 364 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 14 8% 11.9 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 9.87 8% 9.26 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 761GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 703 746 742 740 647 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,122 Write 770 Mixed 472 SusWrite 701 171% 766 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60 196% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 404 302% 404 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 302%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 15 15 15 15 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 45.1 Write 14.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 13.8 27% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 10%
102 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 8GB free, PID fafa Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 6.9 6.8 9.7 6.1 9.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 17 Write 3.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.8 11% 9.2 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 7%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 39GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.1 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 10.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 8.2 16% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 2.4 96% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%

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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 $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