Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 18:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 150 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 503 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8569) 2GB CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1672 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 361.75 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 35 Parallax 30.8 28% 33.4 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 33.5 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 68 71 72 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 77.5 Write 78.2 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 71.8 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 44%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 587GB free Firmware: JP4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 92 99 98 98 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 97 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HU564403EP0200 Kingston 9905403-578.A00LF HU564403EP0200 Kingston 9905403-578.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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	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 $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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16