Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.9% 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	80.8% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 22:26
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$45 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 78.2 2-Core 152 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 242 32% 242 Pts	64-Core 239 15% 239 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 88% 110 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 103 82% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14658 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5146 (B1) Unknown 84 84 188 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47245994986	80.8% Excellent	Read 497 Write 330 Mixed 345 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 23.4 113% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 60.2 72% 128 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4330 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 608 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6643060212	97% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 392 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 40.3 144% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 82.3 90% 152 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 124%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 111 169% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 14.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.3% 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	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