Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.9% 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	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 17:29
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 56.7 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 133 50% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 355 38% 300 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 842E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.9% Below average	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 46.6 30% 39.3 fps	MRender 47.4 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 33.6 33% 41 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 109 107 105 108 105 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.2% Above average	Read 267 Write 112 Mixed 158 SusWrite 106 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 20 96% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 91.6 82% 126 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 81%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 541GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 63.3 Mixed 63 SusWrite 90.7 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 331GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 162 164 161 162 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 66 SusWrite 160 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.3 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 5 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 35%

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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	866x
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	119x

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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16