Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '20 at 19:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 153 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 456 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 178 Parallax 193 118% 172 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 362 412 420 393 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 428 Mixed 419 SusWrite 370 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 44.9 154% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 228 176% 240 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 18GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 123 58 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 491 Write 166 Mixed 360 SusWrite 87.4 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 35.3 121% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 215 170% 235 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 579GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 151 150 151 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 162 Mixed 108 SusWrite 150 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 165 166 167 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 129 Mixed 81 SusWrite 165 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 28.7% 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 $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 $300	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