Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics78.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160816
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 06 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration88 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 57%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8300-$168
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
47.9% Average
Memory 57.5
1-Core 63.1
2-Core 113
46% 77.8 Pts
4-Core 207
8-Core 335
33% 271 Pts
64-Core 313
19% 313 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 47.9%
Great: 64%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.1% Very good
Lighting 94.8
Reflection 110
Parallax 104
77% 103 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 95.9
Splatting 100
80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
473GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Read 153
Write 133
Mixed 127
104% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 2.31
4K Mixed 0.19
92% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
26.3% Poor
MC Read 10.3
MC Write 10.1
MC Mixed 9.1
28% 9.83 GB/s
SC Read 3.8
SC Write 4
SC Mixed 4.2
11% 4 GB/s
Latency 135
30% 135 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 970 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $588
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