Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive147% 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.
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, 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)
Memory6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170607
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 01 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 92.9
1-Core 79.5
2-Core 160
67% 111 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 476
49% 397 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
63.7% Good
Lighting 79.8
Reflection 80
Parallax 69
65% 76.3 fps
MRender 71.9
Gravity 75.1
Splatting 76.3
61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 517 615 499 293 292 293 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 1,156
Write 796
Mixed 551
SusWrite 418
162% 730 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 48.4
176% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 551
DQ Write 382
DQ Mixed 466
348% 466 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 147%
Great: 236%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB
205GB free
Firmware: Q1124A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 127 6.8 55 12 14 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
65.2% Good
Read 491
Write 417
Mixed 373
SusWrite 89.7
76% 343 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 21.1
109% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 25.4
62% 127 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
871GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 171 175 176 175 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 182
Mixed 98.6
SusWrite 175
119% 162 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.2
243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 106%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.9% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 10.6
MC Mixed 9.4
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 9.9
28% 9.8 GB/s
Latency 62.4
64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 32.9%
Great: 62%

 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 900 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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