Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.3% 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	81.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 18:25
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 162 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 497 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D8) 2GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 1826 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 34.5 33% 34.5 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 35.9 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 391 407 421 416 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 264 Write 407 Mixed 293 SusWrite 402 78% 341 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 26.4 120% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 174 148% 214 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 305GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 138 140 138 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 138 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 32.3 Write 34.4 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 49.8 25% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 32%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 42 38 41 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 145 Write 54.6 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 40 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.7 437% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%
WD Elements 10A8 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 277GB free Firmware: 1042 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 66 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 80.7 Write 83.1 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 66.2 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	866x
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	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16