Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.5% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 21:30
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 97.6 45% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 209 20% 163 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 35.2 35% 39.2 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 33 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11622 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 211 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188979675168 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25949381820 (F7) Unknown 100 100 818339510 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2707998135	68.8% Good	Read 492 Write 321 Mixed 383 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 23.8 82% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 97.8 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 46.4 47% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 97%
hp v221w 16GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID f807 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 5.11 Mixed 6.92 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 59%

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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%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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