Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.9% 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	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 04:07
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 130 55% 90.3 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 297 33% 262 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 37.7 32% 36.3 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 36.9 31% 38 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1015A SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 61 58 56 56 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 485 Write 372 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 91.6 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 10.9 92% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 56.8 93% 179 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 91%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 118GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 101GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 357 Write 206 Mixed 264 SusWrite 87.8 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 20.7 97% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 130 116% 173 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-449.A00LF 2x4GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	648x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16