Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 15:37
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 140 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 455 44% 364 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 73.3 63% 76.8 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 72.5 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 83 74 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 414 Write 374 Mixed 325 SusWrite 108 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 27.3 93% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 165 151% 232 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 292GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 120 120 121 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 118 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 923GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 690GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 316 293 6.4 6.5 6.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 25% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G EWB8GB681PAE-16IC 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 55%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical 970 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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