Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.76% 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	90.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 09:15
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 159 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 489 47% 388 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0577) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 3.66 9% 7.96 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 6.22 6% 7.37 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 404 412 426 411 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 384 Mixed 298 SusWrite 411 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 29.5 129% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 159 143% 216 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 313GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 168 166 167 167 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 166 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 41 41 39 40 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 43.1 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 40.1 27% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 32%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 41 42 40 37 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 130 Write 55.9 Mixed 15.1 SusWrite 40.4 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.6 524% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 45%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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

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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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