Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.8% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '20 at 08:48
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 139 61% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 226 30% 226 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 120 Parallax 141 72% 117 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 136 Splatting 113 116% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 118 204 62 69 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 482 Write 390 Mixed 42.6 SusWrite 126 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 0.9 44% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 97.3 DQ Write 39.9 DQ Mixed 0.9 19% 46 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 102%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 113GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 334 380 381 382 376 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 387 Write 376 Mixed 267 SusWrite 349 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 33.4 116% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 258 194% 261 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 212GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 167 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 165 Mixed 73 SusWrite 168 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 15 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 97%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	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 $186	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) $35	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