Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.3% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 18:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 152 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 212 30% 221 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 140 Parallax 188 100% 150 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 94.4 91% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 193 117 71 48 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 396 Write 292 Mixed 276 SusWrite 129 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 25.5 88% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 122 106% 159 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 519GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 180 179 180 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 134 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 179 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 325GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 98 98 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.5 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 97.7 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 400GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 131 130 130 131 132 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 113 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 129 70% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 13.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 86%

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16