Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 29 days ago, 27 days ago, 24 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 21 days ago, 21 days ago, 21 days ago, 20 days ago, 17 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 11:56
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD FX-8350-$75 235,023 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	1-Core 77.1 2-Core 154 54% 116 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 488 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 489 33% 489 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 74,115 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 110 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 99.5 29% 99.4 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 75.9 28% 83.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$32 106,407 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 213 164 34 133 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 325 Write 99.2 Mixed 96 SusWrite 132 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 11.4 48% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 16.3 12% 16.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$50 18,640 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 99GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 102 101 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 76 Write 72.3 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 104 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 18,845 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $96

CPU
FX-8350AMD $75Bench 49%, 235,023 samples	8,141x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 43%, 173,667 samples	6,228x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 45%, 89,801 samples	4,062x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $242Bench 57%, 746,202 samples	1,761x
RX 480AMD $115Bench 52%, 161,290 samples	1,656x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 442,720 samples	1,578x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 546,937 samples	1,231x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $75Bench 54%, 217,593 samples	1,171x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples	576x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 55,017 samples	906x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,763 samples	840x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 30,672 samples	633x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14