Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 153 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 480 46% 379 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1549 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 41.9 38% 45.3 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.8 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 55 56 48 9.4 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 407 Write 263 Mixed 288 SusWrite 79 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 24 118% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 124 114% 171 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free Firmware: 580A SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 91 95 86 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 252 Write 123 Mixed 180 SusWrite 93.4 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 37 136% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 96.7 75% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 210 214 215 215 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 174 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 211 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-666.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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