Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	58.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 161 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 434 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1926 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 33.3 32% 36.7 fps	MRender 41.4 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 35.8 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 205 207 44 94 66 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.9% Above average	Read 273 Write 190 Mixed 217 SusWrite 136 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 26.5 98% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 115 114% 182 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 21GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 52 SusWrite 105 67% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 76%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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 $175Bench 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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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