Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.78% 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '22 at 09:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 70 2-Core 132 56% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 271 31% 242 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B A001) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 13.3 7% 11.4 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 9.3 7% 8.57 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 277 Mixed 258 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 28.2 92% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 166 141% 206 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 98%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 486GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 75 74 76 76 72 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 72.2 Write 65 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 73.3 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS722525VLSA80 250GB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 218GB free Firmware: V36OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 49.8 Write 53 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 55.6 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 32%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 436GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 76 75 74 77 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 64 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 73.6 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.C16 CT102464BD160B.C16 Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF 20GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.6% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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