Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.1% 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	94% 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

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 10:38
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 161 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 504 50% 411 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D8) 2GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 27.1 Parallax 32.7 30% 32.4 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 34.3 29% 36 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 414 420 423 425 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 326 Mixed 305 SusWrite 421 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 33.2 138% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 173 148% 216 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 117 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 114 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 19GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 52.6 Write 56.4 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 40 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 32%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 40 40 41 42 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 128 Write 44.7 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 34.3 42% 58 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.7 431% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%
WD Elements 10A8 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 284GB free Firmware: 1042 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 66 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 81.9 Write 82.9 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 66.2 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16