Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 142 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 480 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.53 4% 4.27 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 897GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 173 176 181 181 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 41.1 Write 148 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 175 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.4 279% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 108%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 35GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 122 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 93.8 Write 90.6 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 125 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 71%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 239GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 103 104 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 102 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 83%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 7.2 6.2 6.4 7 6.4 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 6.4 12% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.3 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 48%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	85x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	83x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	77x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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