Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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. 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 01:48
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 131 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 296 33% 262 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042A) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 44.6 30% 38.1 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 37.6 28% 32.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 88GB free Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 152 151 142 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 365 Write 211 Mixed 235 SusWrite 150 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 37.2 136% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 172 139% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 68 67 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 72 SusWrite 68 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 812GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 113 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 100 SusWrite 114 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,970 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 811GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 28.8 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 29.2 37% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 2x4GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 61%

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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	865x
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	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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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