Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.39% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 19:28
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 84.9 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 91.2 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 184 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E266) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1225 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 10.1 7% 9.58 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 12.2 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 835 MHz, MLim: 980 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 1.22 3% 3.22 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 4.87 Splatting 5.17 4% 4.36 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 67 72 75 74 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 143 Write 108 Mixed 108 SusWrite 73.6 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 25.9 106% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 83.1 70% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-2GBRM Kingston 9905402-174.A00G OCZ3F1600LV2G Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9.5 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 35%

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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%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16