Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 125 59% 94 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 411 38% 320 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 65.9 63% 72.6 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 72.1 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 212 132 127 170 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 379 Write 366 Mixed 309 SusWrite 163 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 15.5 51% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 178 156% 231 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 97%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 177 177 178 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 154 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 179 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.5 298% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB F3-12800CL9-2GBRL F3-1600C9-4GAB F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 50%

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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 $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 $179	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