Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	81.8% 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	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 00:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 62.5 2-Core 112 53% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 272 29% 232 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 81% 108 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 86.2 83% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 24 161 388 24 25 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 356 Write 337 Mixed 340 SusWrite 119 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 30.8 109% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 175 144% 204 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 338GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 171 172 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 147 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 168 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 755GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 57 57 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 52.5 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 56.6 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.6 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16