Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% 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	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 8 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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 17:15
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 162 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 377 42% 332 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2304 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 74.1 70% 81.7 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 79.6 66% 80.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 957 Write 938 Mixed 865 206% 920 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 53.1 239% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 112 112% 180 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 102%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 2TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 861GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 174 Write 123 Mixed 123 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 4.59 4K Mixed 0.83 224% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 195%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 838 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 14 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 85%

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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%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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