Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.2% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 12:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 81.3 1-Core 56.1 2-Core 99.3 51% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 342 32% 269 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 03B4) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 14.1 14% 10.8 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 79 79 81 71 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 71.5 Write 68 Mixed 68 SusWrite 78.2 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 87%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 20GB free Firmware: 1AC0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 94 92 95 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	44% Average	Read 59 Write 33 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 93.9 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF Hynix HMT325U7BFR8A-H9 9905403-400.A00LF Hynix HMT325U7BFR8A-H9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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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Total price: $358

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