Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75.1% 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	59.3% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '20 at 18:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 113 54% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 318 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 74% 101 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 95.4 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB-$240 416 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 214 269 239 268 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 411 Write 294 Mixed 222 SusWrite 258 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 20.9 66% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 106 88% 129 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 81GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 181 182 181 182 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 67 SusWrite 179 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 169GB free Firmware: SD81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 17 34 15 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 83.2 Write 12.7 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 23.1 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1866-MR 2x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	866x
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 $269	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