Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	94.7% 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.

Run History

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	29.8 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	Jul 17 '19 at 18:16
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 79.8 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 481 45% 372 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 55.9 35% 45.9 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 36.8 38% 47.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 264 276 273 234 229 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 388 SusWrite 244 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 48.1 161% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 181 148% 211 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 775GB free Firmware: AX1P SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 109 109 110 107 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 106 63% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 87 SusWrite 104 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 748GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 104 105 102 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 110 Write 88.7 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 100 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 4x8GB 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 61%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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