Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 11:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$190 30,592 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 138 65% 103 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 498 51% 402 Pts	64-Core 486 33% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$213 843,727 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Asus(1043 0517) CLim: 1500 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 99.6 67% 86.5 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 62.5 63% 73 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 25,513 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 186 176 178 182 180 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 493 Write 315 Mixed 245 SusWrite 186 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 40.5 126% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 215 170% 237 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 99%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 25,513 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 32GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 41 43 98 31 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 442 Write 177 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 67.7 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 29.5 121% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 159 128% 185 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 99%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 25,513 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 231GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 226 189 191 191 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 450 Mixed 347 SusWrite 222 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 42.6 144% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 227 177% 243 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 99%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 30,915 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 56GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 52 51 50 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 55.2 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 51.1 72% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 164% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 112,875 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $110

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 67%, 342,478 samples	2,268x
FX-6300AMD $80Bench 61%, 260,489 samples	617x
FX-8370AMD $190Bench 66%, 30,592 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,387,999 samples	469x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 994,730 samples	420x
RX 580AMD $213Bench 55%, 843,727 samples	288x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	190x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	144x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 807,391 samples	132x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 112,875 samples	289x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	86x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 82,344 samples	75x

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Total price: $630

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Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $535	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17