Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.1% 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 Drive	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 18:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 121 58% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 399 41% 329 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 126 Parallax 160 95% 134 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 115 Splatting 83.9 80% 99.1 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 84 104 97 60 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 500 Write 425 Mixed 426 SusWrite 91.7 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 38.7 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 19.9 78% 166 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 355GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 152 150 150 153 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 150 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 698GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 83 80 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 81.6 Write 89.7 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 81 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 104 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 77 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 103 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	431x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $51Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16