Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 10:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 113 53% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 264 30% 238 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 085A) 1GB CLim: 825 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.41 8% 10 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 11.2 9% 11.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 200 149 151 134 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 460 Write 394 Mixed 358 SusWrite 188 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 44.3 148% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 259 194% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 137 138 139 138 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 126 Mixed 20 SusWrite 137 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 153 153 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 152 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 136 135 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 81.8 Write 90.3 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 134 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 991997 (996997) F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 991997 (996997) 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.2% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 49%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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