Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

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Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 130 58% 94 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 333 35% 282 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 123 Parallax 122 73% 111 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 436 Write 403 Mixed 280 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 43.2 149% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 149 138% 212 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 125 125 126 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 117 Mixed 66 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%
Samsung HD251HJ 250GB-$39 2,756 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 59GB free Firmware: 1AC0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 54 57 56 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 40.7 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 55.1 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 53%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 7GB free Firmware: 06.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 56 Write 56.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 57.8 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75 2,837 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 7GB free Firmware: 3.18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 48 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 56 Mixed 38 SusWrite 49.8 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-001.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 99U5471-001.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 48%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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