Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	66.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 20:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 149 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 355 40% 311 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2740) 2GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1205 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 45.7 31% 39 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 38.7 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 93 94 69 41 69 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 431 Write 290 Mixed 311 SusWrite 88.5 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 30.4 122% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 57 66% 118 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 94%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 302GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 31 Write 31 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 30.9 41% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP698650-154-HYAG Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 64%

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16