Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.3% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 73 2-Core 136 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 434 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (66 fps cap detected)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 59.2 53% 63.8 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 66 53% 64.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 361 Mixed 185 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 18 88% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 120 109% 170 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 87 88 64 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 45.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 80.4 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 99U5471-033.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 13.5 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 50%

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
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 $76Bench 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: $354

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16