Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics79.5% 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 Drive165% 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.
MotherboardAsus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170607
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '20 at 20:35
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
67.9% Good
Memory 86.1
1-Core 73.4
2-Core 146
62% 102 Pts
4-Core 270
8-Core 432
43% 351 Pts
64-Core 425
26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.5% Very good
Lighting 93.6
Reflection 85.5
Parallax 130
76% 103 fps
MRender 84.7
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 122
86% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 694 684 712 740 729 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
165% Outstanding
Read 1,161
Write 873
Mixed 930
SusWrite 702
206% 917 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 57.7
192% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 485
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 313
241% 336 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 165%
Great: 333%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180
354GB free
Firmware: RG21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 208 207 198 170 176 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
57.5% Above average
Read 455
Write 157
Mixed 265
SusWrite 194
59% 268 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 18.6
4K Mixed 21.6
72% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 60.5
DQ Mixed 72.7
64% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 57.5%
Great: 69%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
1TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 121 147 149 134 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
92.3% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 146
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 143
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 92.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.1% Average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 14.9
MC Mixed 16.8
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 8.9
SC Mixed 13
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 63%

 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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