Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	440 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 27.2 2-Core 53.8 40% 54.7 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 441 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gainward(10B0 100A) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.8% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 84.8 54% 71.2 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 50.7 54% 68.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2111 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2243 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1782 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17875552300	64.1% Good	Read 466 Write 373 Mixed 397 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 13.9 71% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 48.4 DQ Mixed 13.8 17% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 362GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 67 Write 59.3 Mixed 59.9 79% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.77 4K Mixed 0.53 148% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 51%
Generic Mass-Storage 1GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID null Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.78% Terrible	Read 9.44 Write 3.08 Mixed 3.99 6% 5.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.85 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.78% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 9.9 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 86%

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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	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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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