Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 17:22
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 144 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 401 41% 333 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 0.3 67% 50.2 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 42 49% 62.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 22 184 123 21 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 468 Write 427 Mixed 141 SusWrite 103 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 25 72% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 122 101% 152 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 37GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 129 134 160 128 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 428 Mixed 321 SusWrite 157 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 43.4 146% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 249 184% 243 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 148GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 588 511 312 293 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,123 Write 768 Mixed 494 SusWrite 411 155% 699 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 46.3 163% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 414 312% 418 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 110GB free Firmware: GG2OACD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 66 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 82.6 Write 71.5 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 62.8 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 58%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 59GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 54.2 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 80.9 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%

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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	430x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	85x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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