Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.4% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2715 x 1527 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 06:22
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 151 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 454 47% 378 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.4% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 72 Parallax 58.2 54% 65.4 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 70 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 390GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 302 309 339 332 333 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 486 Write 428 Mixed 368 SusWrite 321 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 37.3 123% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 221 165% 221 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 239 261 194 219 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 324 Write 320 Mixed 184 SusWrite 235 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 24.7 92% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 50.2 70% 128 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 89%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 55GB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 59 68 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 325 Write 68.8 Mixed 106 SusWrite 65.1 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 12.1 64% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 43.1 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 53%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 457GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 303 310 339 333 334 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 493 Write 426 Mixed 384 SusWrite 322 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 36.7 123% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 229 170% 228 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 37GB free Firmware: KC65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 72 Write 71.7 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 81.3 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 125 132 133 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 130 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 87%

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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	866x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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	119x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16