Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.5% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	28%

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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 114 56% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 192 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1325 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 21.8 Parallax 33.5 21% 27.2 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 34.6 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -97770634624444 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 797 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 10665429 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 797 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 242496 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 242496 (F2) Unknown 100 100 230667 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8051	58.2% Above average	Read 496 Write 151 Mixed 241 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 14.2 93% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 13.6 21% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 489GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 1916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1775 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 122 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 157 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.37 143% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 9.4 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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