Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
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MotherboardAsus M5A97 R2.0  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150626
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 05 '19 at 08:07
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8320-$129
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 92.6
1-Core 77.9
2-Core 154
66% 108 Pts
4-Core 300
8-Core 466
47% 383 Pts
64-Core 451
28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 74%
Great: 65%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4003 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 154
Parallax 148
118% 149 fps
MRender 199
Gravity 145
Splatting 111
120% 152 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 115%
Great: 134%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 125 132 134 137 135 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 168
Mixed 105
SusWrite 132
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.2% Above average
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 18.3
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 7.7
SC Mixed 12.1
29% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 62.9
64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 51.2%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,823 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $358
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