Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	86.2% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 20:01
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 111 55% 86.3 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 298 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 171 90% 134 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 110 Splatting 80.7 78% 96.9 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 102 108 75 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 273 Write 167 Mixed 234 SusWrite 93.8 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 33.6 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 170 128% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 85%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 87GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 122 124 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 347 Write 134 Mixed 170 SusWrite 123 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 33.7 126% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 118 101% 150 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 81%
WDC WDS 100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 708 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 585GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 352 376 382 381 380 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 378 Mixed 300 SusWrite 371 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 37.7 131% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 200 163% 232 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 107%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 40GB free, PID ab24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 98 Write 101 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 103 109% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.1 65% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.2% 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 $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