Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '19 at 12:47
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 64.6 1-Core 44.8 2-Core 50.7 37% 53.4 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 233 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 37.3 32% 34.7 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 33.5 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 276GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 326 226 247 218 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 388 Write 335 Mixed 271 SusWrite 258 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 30.1 83% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 235 174% 229 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 118 126 110 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 63 SusWrite 115 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 12.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 62%

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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%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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