Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.4% 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	The 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.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 150 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 465 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3732) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 38.2 32% 36.6 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 38.1 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 120 109 118 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 115 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 547GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 171 167 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 170 Mixed 119 SusWrite 172 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 219% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 22GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 52 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 46.5 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 63%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $133	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