Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus M5A97 R2.0  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150626
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 20 '17 at 15:07
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 94.1
1-Core 74.6
2-Core 138
64% 102 Pts
4-Core 257
8-Core 466
43% 361 Pts
64-Core 471
29% 471 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 184
Parallax 196
114% 173 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 179
Splatting 123
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 112%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 495GB
361GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
133% Outstanding
Read 951
Write 883
Mixed 914
205% 916 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 67.8
4K Mixed 27.5
128% 44.3 MB/s
DQ Read 41.4
DQ Write 71.9
DQ Mixed 25.5
28% 46.2 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
57.1% Above average
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 20.9
58% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 16
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 59.4
67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,817 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $358
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