Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 85 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 493 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 72.6 67% 78.9 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 79.4 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 305 312 308 311 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1156 Write 798 Mixed 574 SusWrite 342 159% 718 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 53.7 189% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 494 376% 512 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 236%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 215GB free Firmware: Q1124A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 180 317 5.5 24 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 496 Write 416 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 94.6 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.4 37% 9.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 913GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 185 184 184 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 179 Mixed 117 SusWrite 184 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 18 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 14.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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