Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '20 at 13:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 129 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 389 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% XFX(1682 2015) CLim: 995 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 32 Parallax 34.4 22% 31 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 38 26% 30.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 65 55 58 52 64 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 212 Write 119 Mixed 172 SusWrite 63 32% 141 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 30 113% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85.5 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 31.8 44% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 106 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 29.5 Write 28.8 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 29.1 38% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 148% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 783GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 29 Write 27.2 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 28.7 37% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 78%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	870x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16