Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 08:36
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 139 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 460 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 182 Parallax 195 105% 168 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 354 413 414 441 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,139 Write 655 Mixed 577 SusWrite 400 154% 692 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 48.9 170% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 495 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 439 330% 442 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 165GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 290 317 315 318 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 72.7 Write 127 Mixed 219 SusWrite 305 42% 181 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 27.8 113% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 62.6 89% 166 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 89%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 111GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 144 140 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 121 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 143 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.6 330% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 117%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 162GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 144 150 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 138 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 147 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.6 326% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 61%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	118x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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