Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.4% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 11:56
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 275,971 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 154 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 488 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 489 33% 489 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 85,043 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 31.1 30% 34 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 33 27% 34 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 266,434 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 213 164 34 133 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 325 Write 99.2 Mixed 96 SusWrite 132 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 11.4 48% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 16.3 12% 16.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$58 20,372 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 99GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 102 101 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 76 Write 72.3 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 104 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 25,194 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 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	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 74%

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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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Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 9,549 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 25%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 66%, 275,971 samples	3,026x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 61%, 188,098 samples	2,173x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 63%, 98,447 samples	1,439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 695,028 samples	592x
RX 480AMD $188Bench 48%, 173,514 samples	553x
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 649,191 samples	494x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $66Bench 55%, 257,819 samples	301x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	298x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 67%, 266,434 samples	268x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 83,026 samples	279x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 60,144 samples	275x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 57,006 samples	182x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $440

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16