Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.6% 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	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 23:06
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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 Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 100 50% 76.8 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 279 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36D1) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 20.6 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 17.3 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 951GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 305 300 298 257 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 237 Write 239 Mixed 235 SusWrite 291 57% 251 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 29.5 110% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 39 34% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 133%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 109 114 114 111 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 69 SusWrite 110 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 109 114 114 111 114 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 122 Write 113 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 110 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 167GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 147 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 135 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.7 337% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GAR F3-1600C9-8GAR Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 22GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.8% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 31%

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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%

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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