Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 71 2-Core 123 58% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 283 31% 243 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 465 1,390 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 0839) 1GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 801 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 16.6 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 0.05 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 18.2 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB-$72 770 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 269 271 231 213 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 448 Write 280 Mixed 198 SusWrite 246 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 30.2 117% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 116 113% 180 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 8GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 88 85 94 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 93.9 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 66GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 62 60 50 53 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 99 Write 50.6 Mixed 49 SusWrite 56.3 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 68%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 3.2 3.2 5.7 5.7 5.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.32% Terrible	Read 16 Write 6.3 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 5.7 13% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 36% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.32% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GU512303EP0202 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ GU512303EP0202 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.5% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 41%

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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	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