Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive144% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
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)
Memory14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170607
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '19 at 15:49
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 5 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Memory 93.3
1-Core 88.4
2-Core 175
71% 119 Pts
4-Core 343
8-Core 543
54% 443 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
66.4% Good
Lighting 82
Reflection 80.6
Parallax 79.2
67% 80.6 fps
MRender 90.2
Gravity 75.5
Splatting 76.3
66% 80.7 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 313 309 314 314 314 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,154
Write 802
Mixed 467
SusWrite 338
153% 690 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 96.2
4K Mixed 47
181% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 590
DQ Write 409
DQ Mixed 498
372% 499 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 144%
Great: 236%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB
205GB free
Firmware: Q1124A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 66 6.8 118 52 5.2 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
66.2% Good
Read 485
Write 414
Mixed 369
SusWrite 97
76% 341 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 21.1
113% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 25.9
60% 121 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
870GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 182 183 182 183 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 180
Mixed 109
SusWrite 182
119% 162 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 103%
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 as expected (54th percentile)
51.2% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 16.1
MC Mixed 18
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 14.3
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 51.2%
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 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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