Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 73 2-Core 110 60% 92 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 434 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 134 Parallax 113 105% 125 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 69 114 28 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 487 Write 147 Mixed 175 SusWrite 70 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 8.1 62% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 21.6 52% 104 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 88%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 15GB free Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 442 Mixed 291 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 29.8 105% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 126 134% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 101%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 79 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 85.7 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 79%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 111 118 117 120 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 110 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 14GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 45 45 40 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 45 Mixed 25 SusWrite 41.6 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 273GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 134 133 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 142 Write 115 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 134 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 14.4 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 78%

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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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Total price: $588

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16