Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170607
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 01 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration224 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.6% Good
Memory 89
1-Core 76.1
2-Core 146
64% 104 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 475
45% 374 Pts
64-Core 473
29% 473 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549
Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1085 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.3% Good
Lighting 75.7
Reflection 62.9
Parallax 88.1
62% 75.6 fps
MRender 63.5
Gravity 62.8
Splatting 80.5
58% 68.9 fps
Poor: 46%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 55%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
352GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 480 486 491 491 484 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141
179GB free
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 356 359 360 361 366 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Read 428
Write 355
Mixed 303
SusWrite 355
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 72.3
4K Mixed 36.5
125% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 175
143% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 103%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
931GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 196 190 188 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Read 132
Write 196
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 185
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 1.7
318% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 171 166 162 162 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 124
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 163
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.3
273% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.4% Above average
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 18.8
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 14.3
34% 12 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 79%

 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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