Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 15:16
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 124 60% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 440 45% 363 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 261 163 163 161 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 418 Write 421 Mixed 302 SusWrite 192 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 37.1 127% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 176 138% 188 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 393GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 401 414 413 386 389 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 423 Mixed 401 SusWrite 391 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 45.8 150% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 230 176% 237 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 168 169 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 115 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 168 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 108 107 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 101 Mixed 59 SusWrite 107 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

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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	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	647x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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