Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 16:59
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 126 57% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 412 38% 316 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 65.3 61% 70.8 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 59.1 54% 67.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,146 Write 790 Mixed 1,002 218% 979 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 48 163% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 77.1 76% 121 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 292%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 30GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13474 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2715 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 396 (A9) Unknown 100 100 453 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 286 (AE) Unknown 100 100 618 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 244814118946 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2357 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 74426 (F1) Unknown 253 253 31577 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22519 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 390 Write 338 Mixed 346 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 21.8 94% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 49.8 71% 133 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 954GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 599 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 131944 (C2) HDA temperature 125 96 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 159 Write 110 Mixed 112 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 15.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 63%

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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%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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