Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36% 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	71.4% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 21:00
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 126 60% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 225 28% 213 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 049A) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 51 Parallax 59.7 37% 52 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 36.4 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 109 102 34 59 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 485 Write 250 Mixed 233 SusWrite 81.8 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 33.3 117% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 165 144% 216 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 331GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 82.9 Write 67.5 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 62.6 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 158% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 18 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% 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	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 $46

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