Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.9% 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	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 01:26
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 65.9 2-Core 127 59% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 406 38% 319 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 139 Parallax 134 84% 125 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 12 29 18 9.4 9.7 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.5% Poor	Read 183 Write 103 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 44.5 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 10.1 46% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 574GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 133 150 149 151 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 144 Write 127 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 146 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 884GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 108 126% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 79%

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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%

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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	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 $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