Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 11:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 436 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 69.8 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 78.5 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 267 149 145 150 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76% Very good	Read 420 Write 422 Mixed 298 SusWrite 181 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 37.1 127% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 174 137% 188 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 392GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 394 399 411 389 384 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 414 Mixed 400 SusWrite 386 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 45.7 152% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 224 174% 237 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 188 191 191 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 115 Mixed 29 SusWrite 190 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 374% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 93 93 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 87.7 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 91.8 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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