Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '23 at 19:46
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	34%

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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-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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 132 56% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 347 36% 289 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 100 86% 105 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.8 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 526GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 368 398 427 404 429 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 380 Write 288 Mixed 322 SusWrite 378 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 42.2 128% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 172 147% 218 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 137%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 315GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 528 475 90 861 474 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 186 185 184 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 183 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 4x8GB 991 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%

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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	873x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	648x
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	121x

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	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 $176	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 i5-13600K $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 $44	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