Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% 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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.1% 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	30.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '19 at 18:43
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	SYC-User
Background CPU	16%

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-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 101 52% 80.6 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 181 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2652) 1GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 12.9 9% 11.6 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 14.6 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 480GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 182 233 7.1 29 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 447 Write 384 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 77.3 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.5 29% 7.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-023.A00LF 99U5474-037.A00LF 8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.9% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 11.6 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.7 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 59%

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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 $129Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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