Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 13:38
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	36%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-3GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 153 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 460 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 60.7 57% 66.1 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 69.1 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9699428 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 420 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 56 240519479325 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120260001820 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 948 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1096 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1056 (F2) Unknown 253 253 424 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 405 Write 312 Mixed 256 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 11.8 57% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 37.9 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 331GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 90 2832 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 472439167 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5937 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 199 (BC) Unknown 100 99 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 36 2832 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127809636813501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3156772963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3058957715	59.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 108 Mixed 101 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.51 106% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 72%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,817 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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