Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2048 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 09:29
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 137 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 472 46% 377 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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: 432.00 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 62 58% 70.1 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 81.3 68% 83.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 217 310 308 316 315 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 318 Mixed 186 SusWrite 269 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 26.8 100% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 48.7 82% 160 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 89%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 931GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 288 323 325 326 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 498 Write 430 Mixed 395 SusWrite 293 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 30.3 117% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 238 178% 238 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 117%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 144GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 288 323 325 327 327 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 445 Mixed 375 SusWrite 293 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 40.8 136% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 207 163% 228 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 46GB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 64 64 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 336 Write 68.6 Mixed 114 SusWrite 64.6 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 12.1 83% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 70.3 71% 119 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 53%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 147 139 151 151 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 145 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 142 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free Firmware: KC65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 81 83 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 82.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 82 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 88%

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 as expected (41^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 87%

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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	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 $184	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