Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 15:18
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 141 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 438 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 178 Parallax 171 105% 159 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 177 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 107 112 114 114 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 403 Write 122 Mixed 178 SusWrite 113 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 26.8 94% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 118 98% 143 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 606GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 160 164 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 105 SusWrite 164 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 357GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 82 81 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 88.2 Write 82.7 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 83 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 15.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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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Total price: $358

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