Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 22:20
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 436 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 53 36% 45.5 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 37.1 38% 47.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,970 Write 3,164 Mixed 3,208 767% 3,447 MB/s	4K Read 334 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 182 849% 241 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 445 DQ Mixed 572 424% 565 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 132GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 72 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 63.8 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 70.9 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 87GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 58 59 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 75 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 58.4 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 184GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 73 Write 72 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 39.6 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 43%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 632GB free Firmware: AX1P2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 106 104 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 87.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 104 56% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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