Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 00:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 135 60% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 426 41% 336 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 41.2 0% 23.7 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 27.5 Splatting 34.8 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 461GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 385 408 408 417 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 407 Mixed 385 SusWrite 404 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 47.7 148% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 228 177% 242 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 125%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.05G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 58 55 76 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 69.9 70% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 893GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 50 36 43 48 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 48 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 313GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 76 79 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47% Average	Read 84.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 78.9 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD32G13332 PSD32G13332 Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF PSD32G13332 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16