Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.4% 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	148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 11 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '23 at 12:53
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 134 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 367 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 139 Parallax 166 93% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 121 Splatting 93.5 89% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 655GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 417 430 463 469 475 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,132 Write 915 Mixed 153 SusWrite 419 145% 655 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 59.2 190% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 390 290% 389 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 373%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 260GB free Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 244 249 261 263 265 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 479 Write 394 Mixed 392 SusWrite 246 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 20.6 104% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 27.1 65% 133 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 655GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 205 208 206 208 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 147 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 201 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 484GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 104 104 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.9 Mixed 71 SusWrite 103 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 349GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 113 130 131 128 125 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 104 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 124 72% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 103%
JMicron Tech 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 954GB free, PID 0562 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 303 312 330 335 335 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 342 Mixed 344 SusWrite 307 461% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 29.1 2,242% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 35.5 2,766% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 231%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 86%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16