Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	71.3% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 138 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 473 44% 370 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 82.2 80% 89.8 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 76 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 268 63 205 88 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 421 Write 385 Mixed 363 SusWrite 161 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 34 109% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 210 164% 227 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 82GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 343 329 330 329 325 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 613 Mixed 494 SusWrite 350 138% 624 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 43 155% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 448 332% 441 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 20GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 19 19 8.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 28 Write 18.7 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 16.8 27% 21 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.3 162% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 16 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 86%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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