Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.6% 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	48.7% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 02:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	72.2% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 154 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 464 45% 371 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.2% 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: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1898 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.6% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 60.4 Parallax 68.2 36% 57.4 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 51.3 Splatting 44 42% 51.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 7.1 5.8 6.6 150 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 445 Write 348 Mixed 214 SusWrite 71.9 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 18.2 74% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 9 28% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 171GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 124 130 122 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 152 Write 157 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 126 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 144GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 104 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 64 Write 64.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 105 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 341GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 110 112 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 111 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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	50.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.7% 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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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