Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 05:19
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 83.4 2-Core 166 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 498 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.1% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 85.9 55% 73.7 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 51.5 55% 69.1 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 833GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 167 238 196 275 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 454 Mixed 433 SusWrite 209 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 50.2 167% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 167 141% 209 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 99GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 258 358 374 326 374 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 423 Write 449 Mixed 346 SusWrite 314 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 33.1 118% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 246 192% 264 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 157 159 161 162 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 150 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 158 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 100%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 147 149 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 147 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 90%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 140GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 128 128 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 112 Mixed 111 SusWrite 128 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 187GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 28 26 27 26 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 92 Write 77.5 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 26.6 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 346GB free Firmware: ST6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 75.9 Write 66.4 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 25.6 39% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 4x4GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 14.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 75%

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Desktop 69%

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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	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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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