Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '20 at 07:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	66%

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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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 75.7 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 123 54% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 258 30% 235 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 64.5 73% 77.3 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 83 66% 79.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 253 232 243 250 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 1,031 Write 668 Mixed 398 SusWrite 282 132% 595 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 34.3 120% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 234 176% 235 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 236%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 53 53 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 70 Write 62 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 53.1 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 201GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 88 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.5 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 89.2 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 129 118 121 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 108 Write 60.5 Mixed 77 SusWrite 123 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 1600 CL9 Series F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16