Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 20:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 134 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 412 38% 318 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 5511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 117 Parallax 134 102% 126 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.9 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 650 120GB 2,684 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT01B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 151 142 142 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 439 Write 353 Mixed 313 SusWrite 166 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 34.6 124% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 108 87% 125 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 52GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 55.8 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 53.7 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 497GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 73 Write 64 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 85.4 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 139 141 141 140 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 74.4 Write 119 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 138 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 70%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	876x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16