Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 134 62% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 314 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 59.6 56% 65.8 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 69.6 57% 69.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 317 345 333 335 331 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 419 Write 321 Mixed 237 SusWrite 331 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 12.2 84% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 81.6 96% 163 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 943GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 109 107 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 85 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA360 320GB-$26 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 67GB free Firmware: ST2OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 69 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 70.7 Write 66.1 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 71.2 45% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 305GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 62 Write 62.8 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 73.1 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 67%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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