Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.4% 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	129% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 20:55
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 66.4 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 111 51% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 394 38% 315 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 21.1 19% 20.6 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 23 Splatting 18 18% 22.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 170GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 249 136 160 159 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 449 Write 426 Mixed 340 SusWrite 183 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 26.8 81% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 166 151% 230 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 92%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 384 386 376 375 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,023 Write 713 Mixed 751 SusWrite 372 159% 715 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 45.7 149% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 427 316% 418 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 302%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 297GB free Firmware: CA13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 67 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	43% Average	Read 82.2 Write 83 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 67.6 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 91%

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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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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 $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