Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.2% 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	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 17:24
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 128 59% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 328 32% 265 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 130 70% 109 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 122 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 195 238 249 375 399 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 432 Write 291 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 295 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 42.8 120% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 226 175% 239 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 125%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 15GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 402 Mixed 352 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 34.7 120% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 256 192% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 105 106 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 116 Mixed 74 SusWrite 104 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 173 174 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 130 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 172 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$233 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 8TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 231 236 236 238 238 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 419GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 38 SusWrite 109 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.2 3.8 4.8 4.4 4.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 1.5 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 4.2 7% 6.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.1% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 72%

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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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16