Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.9% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 20:29
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 75 2-Core 145 60% 100 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 436 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E348) CLim: 1216 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 32 20% 29.4 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 34 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505CUA SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 124 107 116 122 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 172 Write 226 Mixed 228 SusWrite 124 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 35.1 115% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 132 128% 205 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 304GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 78 80 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.3 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 79.5 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 583GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 152 152 152 151 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 152 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 109%
Synology iSCSI Storage 322GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 168GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.9 7.2 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.3 SusWrite 6.9 7% 9.88 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.5 261% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 59%
Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 500GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.9 7.2 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	5.24% Terrible	Read 10.3 Write 10.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 6.9 7% 9.48 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.7 291% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.24% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 0810 500GB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 120GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 31.2 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 37.3 45% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-029.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 51%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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