Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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. 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 15:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$45 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 162 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 251 34% 250 Pts	64-Core 250 15% 250 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 032E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 28.2 25% 25.2 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 21.4 17% 19.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 107 105 97 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 103 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 70%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 367GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 95 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 89.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 99.6 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC72B8PA0NF-CG SG57256815AUHUMMK0 NT2GC72B8PA0NF-CG SG57256815AUHUMMK0 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.1 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 46%

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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	877x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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