Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91% 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	72.8% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 19:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 78.2 2-Core 142 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 464 44% 366 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 110 Parallax 181 97% 137 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 129 Splatting 77.4 80% 100 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 268 82 181 69 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 485 Write 427 Mixed 407 SusWrite 162 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 32.3 106% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 210 164% 226 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 408GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 115 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 15.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	870x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	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