Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 03:14
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 149 58% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 462 46% 377 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.3 83% 103 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 101 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 216 97 109 135 215 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 212 Mixed 426 SusWrite 192 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 38 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 245 184% 247 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 478 Write 125 Mixed 134 SusWrite 130 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 20.2 106% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 47.3 71% 136 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 138GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 433 435 452 451 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 456 Mixed 404 SusWrite 437 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 49.4 167% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 241 186% 254 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 62%

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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 $182	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) $30	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