Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '20 at 09:42
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 121 53% 86 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 376 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 288A) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 20.8 18% 20.5 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 16.7 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 102 131 121 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 112 SusWrite 121 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 963GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 28 33 32 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 31.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 31.5 41% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 47%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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