Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 08:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 141 60% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 428 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 146 Parallax 134 101% 135 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 129 Splatting 113 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 232 181 179 180 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 403 Write 403 Mixed 295 SusWrite 215 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 34.5 120% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 174 138% 187 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 458GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 383 402 408 383 387 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 416 Mixed 408 SusWrite 392 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 43.7 142% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 228 175% 236 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 125%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 289GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57% Above average	Read 99 Write 93.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 99.4 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 44 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 180 Write 4 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 43.6 43% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 44%

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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%

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	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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