Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5280 x 1095 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 17:25
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 111 52% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 306 31% 252 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 234 56% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 156 112% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 447 479 457 525 498 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,013 Write 881 Mixed 906 SusWrite 483 184% 821 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 41 134% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 210 158% 212 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 297%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 114GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 286 298 293 295 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 422 Write 306 Mixed 256 SusWrite 290 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 20.4 75% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 126 93% 126 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 291GB free Firmware: SD25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 82 84 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 86.2 Write 37 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 84 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 179 182 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 101 SusWrite 180 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 65%

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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) $30	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