Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160113
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateAug 20 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8370-$175
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
65.5% Good
Memory 88.6
1-Core 69.6
2-Core 127
60% 95 Pts
4-Core 233
8-Core 322
35% 278 Pts
64-Core 379
24% 379 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6283) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 149
Parallax 127
107% 136 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 128
Splatting 110
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Supersspeed S306 120GB
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
44.2% Average
Read 247
Write 121
Mixed 141
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 11.7
74% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 40.3
52% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 44.2%
Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
351GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87% Excellent
Read 154
Write 148
Mixed 139
111% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.22
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.36
136% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 18.1
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 8.6
SC Mixed 11.3
28% 9.83 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 50%
Great: 72%

 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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