Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.7% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 10:32
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 126 55% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 413 39% 323 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.4 92% 108 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 47 5.5 47 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 367 Write 261 Mixed 281 SusWrite 75.9 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 22.7 109% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 130 119% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 128GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 161 102 89 89 87 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 436 Write 386 Mixed 326 SusWrite 138 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 31 106% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 171 150% 225 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 93 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 99.4 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 93.3 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 67%

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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	866x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	86x
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 $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16