Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.5% 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	65.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 154 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 480 47% 384 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1549 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 41.9 38% 45.3 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.8 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 55 18 40 54 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 402 Write 305 Mixed 294 SusWrite 77.3 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 24.3 120% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 132 117% 172 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free Firmware: 580A SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 90 94 88 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 273 Write 124 Mixed 181 SusWrite 89.8 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 87 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 94.1 74% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 207 212 212 216 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 173 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 210 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-666.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns

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Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,823 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16