Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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.
ProcessorWith 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 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics9.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20170607
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJul 04 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 1050-Ti + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9370-$194
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
58% Above average
Memory 72
1-Core 65
2-Core 130
54% 89.1 Pts
4-Core 238
8-Core 354
37% 296 Pts
64-Core 377
23% 377 Pts
Poor: 55%
This bench: 58%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
9.5% Terrible
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 27.3
Parallax 30.8
0% 19.4 fps
MRender 34.4
Gravity 35.4
Splatting 32.8
28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 9.5%
Great: 33%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40
243GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 75 72 66 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
40.2% Average
Read 67.3
Write 72
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 72.6
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G R738G1869U2 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
42.4% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 16.1
45% 15.8 GB/s
SC Read 6.9
SC Write 7.6
SC Mixed 8.7
22% 7.73 GB/s
Latency 96.8
41% 96.8 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $588
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