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Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.9% 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 15 years and 3 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 16:57
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 55.8 2-Core 105 48% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 324 31% 258 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$155 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 15.9 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 16.9 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
52netbar iShareDisk 4TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 50.4 Mixed 48.5 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.13 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.51 256% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 36%
52netbar iShareDisk 240GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 52.8 Mixed 59.9 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 2.57 4K Write 6.04 4K Mixed 0.99 329% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 33%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	8.54% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 4.5 Mixed 7.63 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 1.13 94% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.54% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	26.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.7 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 35%

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Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,895 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	892x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	666x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	450x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	87x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	81x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $369

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Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370