Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	90.8% 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	83.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '22 at 21:05
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 75.7 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 99.2 48% 74.7 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 287 28% 229 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8732) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 127 Parallax 110 94% 117 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 96 86% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 216 201 264 252 256 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 468 Write 416 Mixed 268 SusWrite 228 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 37.8 126% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 163 148% 225 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 700GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 143 136 173 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 177 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 161 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Corsair CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $300	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