Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 54.3 2-Core 151 57% 96.3 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 434 44% 354 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 9,615 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 8113) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.26% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.28 1% 1.84 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.26% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 334 203 128 149 127 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 341 Write 146 Mixed 270 SusWrite 211 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 34.9 130% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 179 149% 214 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 98%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 221GB free Firmware: U210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 325 339 343 341 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 343 Write 348 Mixed 268 SusWrite 335 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 15.4 101% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 103 106% 173 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 195 195 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 139 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 194 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.5 295% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 923GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 202 205 207 186 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 136 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 196 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston 99U5403-074.A00LF F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston 99U5403-074.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

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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%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
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	186x
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	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: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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