Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.3% 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	44.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 13:01
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 46.3 2-Core 94.8 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 180 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E266) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 9.25 6% 8.78 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 10 Parallax 2.47 7% 6.93 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 8.77 Splatting 10.1 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 7.3% 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: 73 77 81 77 78 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 126 Write 99.2 Mixed 110 SusWrite 76.3 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 24.8 97% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 98.1 78% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.5% 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 (75^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.4% 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	877x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

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 $80Bench 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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