Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	88.2% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 02:19
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 66.6 2-Core 104 54% 83.7 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 314 33% 265 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 102 Parallax 100 88% 103 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.2 88% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS1 00T1B0B-00AS40 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 262 297 296 295 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 360 Write 328 Mixed 239 SusWrite 284 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 28.6 104% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 200 156% 216 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 97%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 887GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 195 194 194 192 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 161 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 194 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.7 326% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 909GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 214 214 214 214 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 174 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 214 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.6 315% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.7 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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