Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 21:57
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 69 2-Core 130 57% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 373 38% 306 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 129 Parallax 133 76% 118 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 47 50 50 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 437 Write 342 Mixed 280 SusWrite 87.9 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 41.5 145% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 149 137% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 74GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 121 128 123 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 125 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%
Samsung HD251HJ 250GB-$39 2,756 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 59GB free Firmware: 1AC0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 54 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 72.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 55.8 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 53%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 46GB free Firmware: 06.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 57.8 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 57.5 39% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 33%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75 2,837 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 12GB free Firmware: 3.18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 44 46 43 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 43.7 Write 46.7 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 48.6 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-001.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 99U5471-001.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	876x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16