Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M5A97 R2.0  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140407
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 22 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 92.3
1-Core 76.1
2-Core 149
65% 106 Pts
4-Core 283
8-Core 427
44% 355 Pts
64-Core 444
28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
107% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 166
Parallax 171
107% 156 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 176
Splatting 123
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 107%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R211
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 127 126 127 128 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 376
Write 123
Mixed 172
SusWrite 126
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 44
4K Mixed 27.2
95% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 189
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 114
98% 146 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
606GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 159 161 163 163 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 148
Mixed 129
SusWrite 161
110% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.3
249% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 108%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB
357GB free
Firmware: 05.04C05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 85 83 83 85 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
49.1% Average
Read 87.5
Write 78.3
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 83.2
56% 75.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 49%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 10GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
39.9% Below average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 13
MC Mixed 13.3
39% 13.6 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 6.5
SC Mixed 12.6
28% 9.7 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,817 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $358
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