Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 19:11
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 81.2 1-Core 55.9 2-Core 99.9 51% 79 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 294 28% 234 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 87.1 75% 88.6 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 76.5 71% 87.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 144 121 147 148 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 97.5 Write 106 Mixed 66 SusWrite 138 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: MKAOAA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 114 111 123 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 78.7 Write 104 Mixed 73 SusWrite 117 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 87%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free, PID 25a3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 100 100 98 101 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 186 Write 178 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 99.5 176% 137 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.7 310% 3.9 MB/s	DQ Read 0.5 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 0.6 335% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free, PID 331a SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 101 101 100 104 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 154 Write 126 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 100 150% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 750GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 33GB free, PID a00c SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 87.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 82.4 94% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5575 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 14.5 Write 11 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 13.9 17% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.9 126% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 14%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.3 5.6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Read 12.7 Write 0.8 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 5.3 6% 5.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 49%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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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	439x

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 $300	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) $23	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