Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M5A97 R2.0  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150626
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 16 '18 at 20:25
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 92.6
1-Core 73.4
2-Core 121
61% 95.8 Pts
4-Core 270
8-Core 410
42% 340 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60.2% Good
Lighting 75.3
Reflection 74.8
Parallax 65.2
61% 71.8 fps
MRender 71.9
Gravity 70.3
Splatting 70.1
58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
879GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 149 142 143 140 149 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Read 164
Write 177
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 143
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 107%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 100 100 102 103 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
60.2% Good
Read 108
Write 107
Mixed 66.1
SusWrite 101
70% 95.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.6% Above average
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 15.3
MC Mixed 18.4
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 13.2
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,817 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $358
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