Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 41% 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '19 at 12:56
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	12%

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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-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 71 2-Core 152 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 510 48% 398 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 862C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 76.5 64% 78.4 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 77.4 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 218 248 269 268 266 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 409 Mixed 361 SusWrite 244 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 52.2 168% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 185 152% 218 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 142 119 114 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 142 Write 129 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 130 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 56GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 70 71 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 75 Write 80.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 71.4 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 44%
WL3000GSA6454G 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 101 Write 97 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 67.9 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 95%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 21GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 71 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 81.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 72 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 50%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 75 76 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 83.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 75.7 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 14.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 72%

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

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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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16