Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.5% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 22:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 124 57% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 402 40% 325 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 126 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 103% 136 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 7.39 43% 58.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 197 61 82 118 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 449 Write 395 Mixed 224 SusWrite 126 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 27.7 93% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 194 161% 233 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 434GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 121 122 123 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 57.8 Mixed 60 SusWrite 120 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 216GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 82 82 80 76 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 80 Write 57.8 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 79.3 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 8GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 7.8 7.8 6.8 7.7 7.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 4 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 7.6 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.2 145% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 81%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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