Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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	80.8% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 10:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Memory 52.7 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 47.4 37% 54.4 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 246 22% 189 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.5% 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 8.34 8% 10 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 11.2 10% 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: 330 278 258 252 172 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 427 Write 403 Mixed 339 SusWrite 238 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 33.6 130% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 183 146% 203 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 133 139 139 140 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 135 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 140 147 154 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 103 Write 134 Mixed 45 SusWrite 148 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 85.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 108 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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	37.7% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 10.4 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 151 26% 151 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 49%

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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%

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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