Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 09:19
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (90^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 144 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 434 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$84 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372E) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1764 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 26 Parallax 32.8 29% 31.5 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 32.9 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 123GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 94 94 96 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 421 Write 332 Mixed 304 SusWrite 132 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 27.3 108% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 28.9 27% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 89%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 54 38 37 30 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 171 Write 153 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 44.1 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 56GB free Firmware: GT001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 65 66 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 54.5 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 64.9 37% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 47%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 666GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 112 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 99 SusWrite 112 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 620GB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 41 26 31 28 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 105 Write 60.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 30.6 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 74%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 130GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 32 32 31 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 27.3 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 31.6 40% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 19%
sobetter Ext 500GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 108GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 50 38 46 52 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 42 Write 64 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 51.2 68% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 168%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 75%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	872x
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	120x

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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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