Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 23:36
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 52 2-Core 100 50% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 277 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 328D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 66.6 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 73.3 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0817A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 50 124 19 18 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 466 Write 380 Mixed 373 SusWrite 111 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 0.7 36% 10.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 0.7 26% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 198GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 122 123 122 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 122 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 77%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 330GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 140 141 142 140 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 146 Write 152 Mixed 32 SusWrite 140 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 71%

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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 $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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $588

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16