Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.5% 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	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 04:57
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 76.8 2-Core 143 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 392 42% 335 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 94.5 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 98.7 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 107 109 101 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 116 Write 174 Mixed 159 SusWrite 107 32% 139 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 27.3 101% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 123 100% 140 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 66%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 48GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,609 Write 2,811 Mixed 2,914 692% 3,111 MB/s	4K Read 237 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 44.1 503% 149 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 16.7 76% 173 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 727GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 106 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 176 Write 170 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 105 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 475GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 47 48 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 68.2 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 46.9 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 57%
Sony QD-G32E 30GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 27GB free, PID 087c Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 58 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 112 Write 58.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 57.7 85% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 3.9 203% 6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 170GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 60 61 62 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 58 Write 65.2 Mixed 39 SusWrite 61.4 76% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 56%

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16