Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.5% 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	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 23:35
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 78.7 2-Core 158 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 456 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 92.6 61% 81.9 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 62.7 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 411 327 202 190 186 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 268 Mixed 427 SusWrite 288 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 49.4 164% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 221 174% 240 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 123%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 844GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 114 113 113 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 131 Write 107 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 112 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 174 175 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 172 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 171 181 175 179 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 152 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 177 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 79%

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16