Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (87%). 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	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 23:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 96 47% 73.3 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 276 29% 230 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 58.7 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 57.1 48% 59.1 fps	MRender 58.6 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 56.9 47% 57.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000DX001-SSHD-8GB 1TB 7,180 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 644GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 149 142 149 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 217 Mixed 31 SusWrite 146 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000NM0008-2F3100 2TB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 185 188 188 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 164 Mixed 80 SusWrite 183 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 270% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Seagate ST2000NM0008-2F3100 2TB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 399GB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 112 112 115 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 66 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 110%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 803GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 38 38 38 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 33.3 Mixed 16 SusWrite 37.1 40% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.8 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 63%

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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 $273	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 $184	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