Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	153% 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	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '21 at 08:25
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 77.5 2-Core 140 59% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 468 44% 366 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 211 Parallax 198 183% 211 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 156 Splatting 140 132% 165 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 74 77 75 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 123 Write 112 Mixed 131 SusWrite 74.9 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 27.9 98% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 111 87% 120 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 444GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 132 138 141 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 135 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 154 169 172 171 171 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 137 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 164 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-174.A00LF 9905403-174.A00LF 9905474-040.A00LF 9905474-040.A00LF 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 44%

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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 $80Bench 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	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Total price: $358

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16