Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 134 61% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 328 36% 287 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 74.8 67% 78.3 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 105 52 86 65 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 456 Write 422 Mixed 109 SusWrite 96.2 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 43.4 123% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 52.1 44% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 95GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 76 78 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 112 Write 74.3 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 75.2 51% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 342GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 97 97 97 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 187 Write 147 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 95.7 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 121GB free Firmware: V5DOA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 36 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 49 Write 47 Mixed 32 SusWrite 35.3 30% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 35%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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