Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.9% 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	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 11:01
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 137 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 431 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C75C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 115 82% 107 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 110 Splatting 90.1 93% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 248 371 345 329 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 448 Write 275 Mixed 297 SusWrite 312 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 38 130% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 30.2 DQ Mixed 83.3 77% 126 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 154 156 156 155 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 155 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 584GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 121 123 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 120 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 28GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 76.5 134% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 92% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-4GSR F3-2133C9-4GXL F3-2133C10-4GSR F3-2133C9-4GXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 52%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	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