Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '22 at 15:36
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 76 2-Core 147 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 452 43% 354 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1508 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 65.2 50% 66.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.6 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P210 256GB 5,446 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0506A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 388 389 401 127 20 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 456 Write 405 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 273 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 0.9 70% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 81.5 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 8.4 50% 108 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 14GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 98 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 95 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 89.6 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 212 210 218 218 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 189 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 212 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
ST1000LM 048-2E7172 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 910GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 30 30 30 31 31 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 23.8 Write 24.9 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 29.8 36% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 4x8GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 16 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

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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	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $39	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