Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.2% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '19 at 12:43
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 450-$80 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 50.6 2-Core 100 46% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 151 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.95 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 2.44 7% 6.37 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 5.52 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 306 314 127 170 175 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 346 Write 316 Mixed 294 SusWrite 225 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 20.7 83% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 82.4 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 111 96% 138 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 228GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 89.9 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 88.8 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173CB0-CK0 2x4GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 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	30.7% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 58%

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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	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