Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 08:02
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 418 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 70.7 72% 80 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 70.5 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 160 203 211 278 194 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.3% Average	Read 240 Write 140 Mixed 145 SusWrite 218 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 17.3 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 72.6 46% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 222GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 237 296 335 331 379 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 432 Mixed 433 SusWrite 326 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 49.6 163% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 8.3 45% 110 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 129%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 108GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 86 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 75.5 Write 84 Mixed 46 SusWrite 85 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 49%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 55GB free Firmware: V5COA7BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 47.7 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 47.1 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 37%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 103GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 101 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 95 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 101 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 72%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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