Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 158 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 468 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 79 51% 70.3 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 58.7 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 76 94 83 91 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 335 Write 107 Mixed 166 SusWrite 86.4 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 33.5 123% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 86.3 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 98 72% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 73%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 187GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 21.1 Mixed 41 SusWrite 63.3 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 50%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 46GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 53.1 Write 44.7 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 48.9 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 70%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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