Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.6% 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	93.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 19:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	76% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 162 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 473 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 35 33% 35 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 36.9 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 395 416 419 418 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 358 Mixed 317 SusWrite 414 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 33.1 136% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 175 149% 217 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 306GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 117 117 116 118 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 164 Write 128 Mixed 97.9 SusWrite 116 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 44.8 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 40.6 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 32%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 37 32 40 42 30 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 128 Write 44.7 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 32.7 39% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.1 339% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 53%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	40% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 45%

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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	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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Total price: $358

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) $35	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