Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 16:50
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 140 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 445 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
AMD 4+0 Stripe/RAID0 476GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 33 34 33 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 178 Write 183 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 33.6 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.1 259% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 168%
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 28GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 33 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 94.5 Write 106 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 33.6 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992124 (997124) 2x8GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 16.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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