Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 00:28
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 133 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 416 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BB) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 81.2 78% 88.6 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 72.9 61% 75 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC7110C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 473 Write 323 Mixed 289 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 32.9 114% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 158 140% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 95%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free Firmware: S3H01103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 245 208 74 70 69 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 479 Write 328 Mixed 310 SusWrite 173 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 25.4 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 129 120% 182 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 327GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 103 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 80.3 Write 80.6 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 102 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 97%

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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	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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Total price: $358

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) $35	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