Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 17:29
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 146 60% 100 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 430 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 167 Parallax 188 107% 162 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 172 Splatting 123 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 111 112 113 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 330 Write 135 Mixed 186 SusWrite 113 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 19.2 70% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 114 93% 131 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 135 141 143 144 151 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 121 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 138 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 357GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 84 84 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 87.7 Write 87.2 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 82.9 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16