Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.3% 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)
Boot Drive	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 00:08
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 137 59% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 428 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 42.5 36% 39.2 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 37 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 212 26 31 32 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 333 Write 130 Mixed 248 SusWrite 99.1 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 27.4 97% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 122 117% 182 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 91 90 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 148 Write 101 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 89 66% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.7 276% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 90%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 281GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 83 92 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 98 Write 95.7 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 92.5 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 60%
WDC WD16 00AAJB-00J3A0 160GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 149GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 33 Write 31 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 34.3 43% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 20%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 7.5 9.8 14 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 72.3 Write 25.2 Mixed 15 SusWrite 10.1 32% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Mixed 1.3 90% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 79%

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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	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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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Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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