Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1810 x 1448 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 76.9 2-Core 126 62% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 456 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.3% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 64.6 53% 65.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 64.4 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 32 57 35 54 67 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.5% Below average	Read 192 Write 225 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 48.3 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 10.8 82% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 21.8 36% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 335GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 114 102 109 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 30 SusWrite 109 65% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 223GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 82 85 78 84 87 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 77.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 83.9 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 393% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba MK5055GSX 500GB-$33 4,927 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 358GB free Firmware: FG001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 63 55 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 64 Mixed 37 SusWrite 60.3 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 42%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 432GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 28 25 26 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 27.7 Mixed 16 SusWrite 27.2 33% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. PSD38G16002 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. PSD38G16002 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	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