Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '22 at 14:26
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 51.9 2-Core 103 51% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 204 25% 193 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.77 fps	MRender 2.7 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3701101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 43 55 43 37 53 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60% Good	Read 449 Write 335 Mixed 104 SusWrite 71.6 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 13.3 98% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 83 99% 172 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 100%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$60 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 352GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 114 113 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 114 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 243GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 101 Write 92.9 Mixed 60.2 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 101GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 82 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 79.3 Write 76.1 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 82 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$39 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 19GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 84 82 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 67.8 Write 67.4 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 82.7 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 438GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 318GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 25 27 0.7 8.1 25 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 98.9 Write 89.3 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 14.8 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 9905471-058.A00LF 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 61%

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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	647x
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	55x
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 i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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