Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.2% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 04:00
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 430 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 81.5 57% 72.4 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 53%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 7MM 512GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1010CL00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5187 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (64) Unknown 100 100 2406989 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1913472 (B2) Unknown 100 100 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 316 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10884 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 0 90197655589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7928 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3185 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2855 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1440	59.9% Above average	Read 491 Write 210 Mixed 438 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 13.7 70% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 13.5 48% 105 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 2x4GB 1,984 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 47%

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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%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	876x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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