Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.4% 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	94.4% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '23 at 18:45
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 107 56% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 313 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 113 88% 110 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.9 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 526GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 352 397 415 424 400 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 391 Mixed 395 SusWrite 373 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 42 139% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 206 164% 229 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 137%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 315GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 887 221 730 476 473 472 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: 174 186 185 184 188 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 184 90% 125 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%
WDC WD10 EAVS-00D7B0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 750GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 27 27 28 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.9% Very poor	Read 52.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 26.6 39% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 45% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 15%

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 below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.4% 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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16