Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% 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)
Boot Drive	98.2% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 22:21
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 79.1 2-Core 142 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 460 45% 369 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% 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: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 52.1 35% 44.9 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 36.7 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 277 275 277 276 277 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 444 Mixed 370 SusWrite 262 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 49.2 165% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 185 158% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 684GB free Firmware: AX1P SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 101 101 100 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 99.7 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 119 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 89 SusWrite 114 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 834GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 98 98 92 94 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 113 Write 78.2 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 93.4 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 167% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 69%

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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 14.7 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.8% 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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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 $80Bench 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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16