Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 148 58% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 468 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 2142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.2 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 12.1 12% 12.2 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 496GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 87 94 89 96 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 85.5 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 508GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 150 151 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 150 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 848GB free Firmware: CC45 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 161 Mixed 60 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 734GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 79.9 Write 87.3 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 83.8 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 68%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 672GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 91 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 86.3 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 89.8 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA1339.16FD 4x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 52%

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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%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
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 $273	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 $45	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