Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.4% 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	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121107
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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)	65.3% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 71 2-Core 127 60% 95.4 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 413 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 59 Parallax 84.7 0% 47.9 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 76.3 54% 64.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG2900RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 55 18 22 50 66 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 432 Write 312 Mixed 290 SusWrite 42.5 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 17.3 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 2.2 25% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 57%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 904GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 109 111 110 111 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 107 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 110 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 86%
USB Flash Disk 32GB 2,373 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 24GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 4.1 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 15 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 5 17% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 27%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 3,832 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 6GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 22 7.4 9.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 141 Write 34.3 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 20.2 69% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 104% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 4x4GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 75%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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