Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	145% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '21 at 16:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 126 58% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 378 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 193 Parallax 226 152% 202 fps	MRender 252 Gravity 209 Splatting 156 163% 206 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 267 337 343 347 345 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 428 Write 328 Mixed 231 SusWrite 314 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 12.4 81% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 81.8 94% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 86%
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 257 278 282 282 282 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 435 Write 278 Mixed 263 SusWrite 270 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 30.7 103% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 168 143% 210 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 99%
Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB-$298 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 149GB free Firmware: BBCOC33P SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 11 11 12 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 47 Write 11.3 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 11.6 16% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 30%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 179 180 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 168 Mixed 105 SusWrite 178 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A00LF 2x8GB 2,479 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 54%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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