Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.7% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 06:41
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 143 58% 97 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 417 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% 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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 111 Parallax 94 80% 101 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 98.2 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 227 98 169 99 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 427 Write 383 Mixed 187 SusWrite 154 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 32.8 98% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 249 183% 241 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 132 132 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 426 Write 130 Mixed 129 SusWrite 131 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 18.6 101% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 46.8 70% 136 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 106GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 393 431 418 410 412 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 416 Mixed 355 SusWrite 409 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 48.4 164% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 236 183% 251 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 89 45% 89 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 62%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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