Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.4% 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	68.6% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 09 '20 at 18:54
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 155 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 458 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 30.5 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 24.3 Splatting 30.8 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 142 150 153 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 301 Write 199 Mixed 234 SusWrite 149 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 33.1 121% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 130 124% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 75.2 Write 63.3 Mixed 48 SusWrite 65.9 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 68%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 30GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 26.7 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 23.8 21% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 41%
Seagate Portable 320GB 786 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 249GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 29.2 Mixed 22.5 28% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 28% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 63%

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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 $134	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