Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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. 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.7% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 21:24
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 136 58% 96 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 444 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372B) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 38 Reflection 36 Parallax 34.1 31% 36 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 24.5 26% 33 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 104 110 119 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 275 Write 211 Mixed 220 SusWrite 111 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 30.7 103% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 87.3 90% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 85%
General UDisk 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 27GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 18 18 17 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Read 24.2 Write 13 Mixed 9 SusWrite 17.5 20% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 4x4GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 54%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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