Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24% 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	106% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 21:36
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 126 61% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 341 39% 303 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1244 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 29.1 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 64.9 24% 44.5 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 26 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 418 424 431 432 431 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 430 Mixed 430 SusWrite 420 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 48.4 159% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 222 174% 239 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 72GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 70 70 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 50.8 Write 28 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 70 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 121 120 121 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. KHX1600C9D3/4GX BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 48%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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