Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.8% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 10:40
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 127 60% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 350 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 151 User benchmarks, average bench 22% PowerColor(148C 9270) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 34 24% 31.1 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 36.1 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP223PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 353 312 326 336 327 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 401 Write 355 Mixed 274 SusWrite 332 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 21.7 80% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 148 107% 139 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 96%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2013)-$67 4,092 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 8GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 81 83 76 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 76.7 Write 69 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 78 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3L/8G 16GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 63%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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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Total price: $358

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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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