Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.1% 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	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 08:52
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 66.6 2-Core 136 61% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 419 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 92% 111 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac 240GB 240GB 2,483 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW210715 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 110 98 118 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 439 Write 431 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 117 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 0.4 34% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 93%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 170 180 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 190 Mixed 118 SusWrite 175 124% 169 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 449% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 526GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 182 181 182 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 174 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 175 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 184 183 185 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 181 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 178 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 414GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 112 111 112 113 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 122 Write 113 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CH9 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 14.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 52%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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) $40	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