Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 22:11
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 82.6 45% 67.4 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 436 36% 314 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(0000 0000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Lighting 5.4 Reflection 5.2 Parallax 6.7 4% 5.77 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 5 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 57 95 137 51 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 185 Write 87.8 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 87.2 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 175 175 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 156 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 174 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 800GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 143 148 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 137 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 147 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 797GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 94 93 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 93.9 Mixed 74 SusWrite 92.2 65% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 148 170 174 162 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 130 Write 114 Mixed 112 SusWrite 161 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.9 429% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1866C10D3/8G Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 20: 3R 1G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
20%	17%	36	58	37	75	17.1"	1280 1024	ACRAD40 Acer AL1751

History: Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 20: 3R 1G 2B

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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	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	648x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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 $76Bench 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	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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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