ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 KO V2 OC 8GB GDDR6 Black

The ASUS KO RTX 3070 V2 OC scores 22,099 on PassMark, putting it at the 57th percentile for raster performance. The 8GB VRAM is the weak link at the 39th percentile, and the $759 price tag is steep for a card this old. Buyers love it, with a 4.6/5 rating, but the specs are showing their age.

The 22,099 PassMark score translates to about 57th percentile for raster performance, which means it's average for current GPUs in our database. That's not a knock, it just means the RTX 3070 has been lapped by newer generations. The 15.97 FP32 TFLOPS of compute is respectable but lands at the 44th percentile. Where this card still shines is ray tracing, sitting at the 68th percentile. The 40 RT cores and 160 Tensor cores give DLSS and ray-traced titles a real boost, and the 2nd gen RT cores handle concurrent shading and ray tracing better than the 20-series ever did.

Memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s is fine for 1080p and 1440p, but the 8GB frame buffer is the bottleneck. At the 39th percentile for VRAM, you'll hit texture streaming issues in newer AAA games at higher resolutions. The 220W TDP is manageable, and the dual Axial-tech fans keep things reasonable. One reviewer noted the card stayed under 66C and 180W under load while holding 1800+ MHz, which is genuinely impressive for a card this size.

Against the MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti, this card gets absolutely smoked. The 5070 Ti has double the VRAM at 16GB and a much newer architecture. The Gigabyte AERO 5080 and ZOTAC APOCALYPSE 5080 are in a completely different league, with 16GB of GDDR7 and significantly higher compute scores. Even the Sapphire NITRO+ and PNY ARGB OC 5080 variants make the 3070 look like a budget card. The only area where the KO holds its own is ray tracing, where the 68th percentile ranking is respectable but still nowhere near the newer cards. If you're choosing between this and any 50-series card, the newer options win on every metric except price, and even that's debatable given the $759 asking price.

Pricing is all over the map depending on where you shop. US listings show $759, while European buyers are looking at EUR 1,029 to 1,084, and UK shoppers face GBP 953. That's a wide spread, and at those prices, the value proposition gets murky. The affordability score sits at the 48th percentile, which is about as middle-of-the-road as it gets. For $759, you're paying a premium for a card that's several generations old. The budget score of 76.8 out of 100 suggests it's not a terrible deal, but you're really paying for the ASUS build quality and the KO branding rather than raw performance per dollar.

The ASUS KO RTX 3070 V2 OC lands with a PassMark G3D score of 22,099, which puts it in the middle of the pack for raster performance in our database. That's a solid 1440p gaming number, but it's not going to blow anyone away in 2025. The card runs a 1845MHz boost clock with 5120 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, pushing 448 GB/s of memory bandwidth. For a dual-fan card at 275mm, it's compact enough for most builds without sacrificing too much cooling headroom.

The social proof here is strong, 89th percentile, with a 4.6 out of 5 rating across 142 reviews. Buyers seem genuinely happy with this card. But the spec sheet tells a more complicated story. The 8GB VRAM buffer sits at the 39th percentile, which is rough for modern titles, and the AI and compute scores land at 38th and 44th percentile respectively. This is a card that was great in 2021 and still holds up for 1080p and lighter 1440p work, but it's showing its age in memory-hungry scenarios.

If you're planning to play modern AAA titles at 1440p or 4K, skip this card. The 8GB VRAM at the 39th percentile will choke on high-resolution textures, and the 57th percentile raster performance means you'll be turning settings down sooner than you'd like. AI enthusiasts should also look elsewhere, the 38th percentile AI score and 30 out of 100 for AI LLM workloads make this a poor choice for machine learning. And if you're buying new at $759, you're paying too much for a card that's several generations old. The connectivity options are also sparse at the 33rd percentile, with just one DisplayPort and one HDMI output.

The ASUS KO RTX 3070 V2 OC is a well-built card with a loyal following, but the numbers don't lie. The 22,099 PassMark score and 8GB VRAM put it firmly in the mid-range for 2025, and the $759 price tag makes it a tough sell when newer cards offer significantly more performance. The 4.6/5 customer rating and strong ray tracing scores are the highlights, but the 39th percentile VRAM and 44th percentile compute scores are hard to ignore. If you can find this card used for a reasonable price, it's a decent 1080p and light 1440p option. At retail, you're better off saving for something newer.