Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 23:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 165 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 384 42% 334 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) 2GB CLim: 1364 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 40.5 26% 35.3 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 36.3 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 25%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 394 399 403 390 330 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 265 Write 346 Mixed 273 SusWrite 381 72% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 18.2 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 106 106% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 18.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 13.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 49%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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