Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 14:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 144 60% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 404 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.2 39% 44.4 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 86 72 61 45 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 444 Write 114 Mixed 210 SusWrite 72.5 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 19.4 102% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 9.9 37% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 203 203 205 206 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 178 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 204 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Maxtor 6V200E0 204GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 0GB free Firmware: VA111900 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 58.5 Write 60.2 Mixed 37.5 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.4 136% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 9GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 61 61 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 69.5 Mixed 45 SusWrite 60.3 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 PSD32G133381 PSD32G13332 PSD32G133381 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 46%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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) $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