Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 20:44
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 118 53% 85 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 358 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 81 Parallax 56.7 64% 72.1 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 75.1 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 287 287 286 286 286 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 286 Mixed 278 SusWrite 277 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 35.1 136% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 0.1 70% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 122%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 232GB free Firmware: MAT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 235 236 238 237 237 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 445 Mixed 352 SusWrite 247 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 48.2 164% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 257 190% 248 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 460GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 147 147 147 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 138 Write 139 Mixed 122 SusWrite 146 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 207GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 151 151 151 152 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 125 SusWrite 149 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 71%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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