Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 15:03
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 152 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 449 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1345 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.2% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 85.9 48% 69.1 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 46.6 46% 57.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 46 45 44 118 41 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 450 Write 244 Mixed 300 SusWrite 80.1 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 17.6 60% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 49.1 DQ Mixed 39.9 40% 67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 177GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 128 126 128 125 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 164 Write 166 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 127 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 143GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 59 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 64.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 59.9 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 63%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 458GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 115 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681PAE-16IC EWB4GB681PAE-16IC Adata DDR3 1866 Adata DDR3 1866 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 50%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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