Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% 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	95.1% 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	29.7 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 19:07
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 151 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 458 42% 354 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% 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)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 55.8 35% 45.8 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 36.8 38% 47.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% 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: 184 259 276 277 276 277 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 445 Mixed 370 SusWrite 258 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 48.1 160% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 178 146% 207 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 775GB free Firmware: AX1P SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 109 109 110 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 106 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 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: 81 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 103 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 748GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 103 103 103 105 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	63% Good	Read 119 Write 101 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 100 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63% 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 (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.3% 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%

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 $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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