Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

20 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 00:15
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 112 53% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 178 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1573) 1.2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 975 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 23 Parallax 29.9 10% 21.7 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 26.2 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 480GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 206 190 208 190 191 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 312 Write 236 Mixed 282 SusWrite 193 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 19.4 68% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 89.6 77% 116 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 191GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 97 100 101 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 81.9 Write 83.8 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 97 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 97 96 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 89 Write 71.1 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 95.8 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%
MB1000EAMZE 1TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 62GB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 117 118 118 118 111 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 114 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB 3,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 160GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 27 28 27 27 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 26.1 Mixed 24 SusWrite 26.1 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 91%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 654GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 28 28 27 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 21.9 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 26.6 34% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-014.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/8GX Samsung F7251U62F9333GXSAX CT102464BD160B.C16 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 15.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 43%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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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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