Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 03:17
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 63 2-Core 118 56% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 352 35% 285 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 81.3 79% 89 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 86.6 Splatting 74.1 70% 86.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 206 220 222 224 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67% Good	Read 243 Write 228 Mixed 222 SusWrite 212 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 37.8 117% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 155 119% 161 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 125%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 13GB free Firmware: N0530A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 244 Write 225 Mixed 57.5 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 25.1 80% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 129 104% 145 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 96%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 101 108 107 108 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.7% Average	Read 241 Write 104 Mixed 152 SusWrite 109 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 22 73% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 131 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 8GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 232 Write 187 Mixed 190 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 31.1 108% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 162 122% 163 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 548GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 171 173 174 175 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 138 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 171 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 213GB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 123 124 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 54 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 122 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D169DS3J.8FE BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D169DS3J.8FE 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.4% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 48%

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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%

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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 $178	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) $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