Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.3% 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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 22:12
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 166 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 467 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 69 Parallax 83.6 0% 50.9 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 56.3 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 58 55 57 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 77 Write 72 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 55.6 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 60%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 404GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 35.8 Mixed 48 SusWrite 58.4 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 113 113 114 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 129 Write 100 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 112 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-083.A00LF Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Elpida EBJ20UF8BCF0-DJ-F Samsung M378B5673FH0-CF8 14GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.9% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 14.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 38%

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Gaming 23%

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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	866x
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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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