Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 05:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 149 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 417 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.8 81% 98.8 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 94.1 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMB1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 41 90 97 22 121 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.6% Below average	Read 270 Write 97.5 Mixed 117 SusWrite 78.6 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 16.5 66% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.9 DQ Write 29.3 DQ Mixed 16.8 14% 20.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 94%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 232GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 112 113 115 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 112 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 146 134 148 137 147 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 156 Mixed 16 SusWrite 140 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1866C10 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 46%

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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 $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 $184	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) $35	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