Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 12:24
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	71.4% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 140 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 459 43% 360 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 92.4 84% 96.5 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 80.7 74% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 386 Mixed 385 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 31.4 106% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 112 108% 172 MB/s
Poor: 60% 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: 364 381 328 328 328 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 549 Write 465 Mixed 357 SusWrite 343 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 42.4 152% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 428 323% 433 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 20GB free, PID 5581 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 51 23 20 22 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 126 Write 64.5 Mixed 80 SusWrite 35.8 93% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.2 163% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% 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 (54^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 22 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 15.5 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $129Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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