Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 19:27
Run Duration	425 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 132 59% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 397 40% 325 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E193) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.97% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 5.75 5% 6.27 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 5 4% 5.04 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.97% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 303GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 39 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 654593475	93.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 461 Mixed 491 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 36.6 122% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 75.8 76% 123 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22680 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 319 (B1) Unknown 97 97 108 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34085418315	66.6% Good	Read 485 Write 205 Mixed 282 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 21.1 94% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 68.9 72% 118 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 118%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 760GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 27.6 Mixed 28.4 37% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 43%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Read 11.8 Write 3.12 Mixed 4.27 6% 6.38 MB/s	4K Read 3.48 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.004 13% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 79%

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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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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 $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