Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '21 at 10:37
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 140 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 424 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 3743) 1GB CLim: 1084 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.45% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 12.3 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 11 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.45% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 153 53 54 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 436 Write 386 Mixed 355 SusWrite 83.8 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 36.6 122% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 219 169% 230 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x4GB 912 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 73%

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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%

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 $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