Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.5% 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	74% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 18:13
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 147 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 420 43% 346 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 3288) 1GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 21.4 14% 18.2 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 15.4 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 207 65 66 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 467 Write 266 Mixed 321 SusWrite 140 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 28.9 124% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 154 132% 193 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 104GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 111 113 110 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 111 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%
SABRENT 480GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 299GB free, PID 1561 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 216 212 212 93 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 205 Mixed 193 SusWrite 171 259% 188 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 22.2 2,125% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 48.5 DQ Mixed 25.7 2,612% 32.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 238%
SABRENT 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 38GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 89 89 89 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	Read 95.7 Write 86.9 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 87.8 101% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 194%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns

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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	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	119x

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 $269	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 $40	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