Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	15.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 22:54
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 150 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 423 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 112 Parallax 111 78% 106 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 103 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 107 69 72 73 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 441 Write 402 Mixed 353 SusWrite 93.4 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 35.5 120% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 194 149% 206 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 121%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 56GB free Firmware: 0809 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 168 180 182 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 392 Write 185 Mixed 220 SusWrite 171 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 17 88% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 57.4 62% 103 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 70%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 48GB free Firmware: JA0OA700 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 53 53 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 53 Write 54.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 52.3 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 57%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 740GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 116 112 120 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 160 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 118 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 282% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A360 320GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 83GB free Firmware: PC3OC71E SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 78 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 57.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 78 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 177GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 113 116 116 114 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 129 Write 92.5 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 112%
Fujitsu MHX2250BT 250GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 106GB free Firmware: 0040000C SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.7 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.78% Terrible	Read 4.7 Write 6 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5 4% 4.97 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.78% Great: 21%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 34 34 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 32.3 21% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%

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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	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	648x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16