Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.5% 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	29.4% 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	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 20:20
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 61.7 1-Core 43.4 2-Core 101 42% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 345 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 2800) 3GB CLim: 953 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.5% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 26.2 Parallax 45.9 30% 36.2 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 32.8 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2. SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 84 84 32 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 360 Write 205 Mixed 106 SusWrite 60.9 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 7.8 35% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 12.8 12% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 56%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 685GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 369 377 400 360 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 421 Write 379 Mixed 381 SusWrite 355 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 34.7 127% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.9 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 52 63% 103 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 133%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 210GB free Firmware: Z220 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 311 317 333 303 246 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 386 Write 294 Mixed 234 SusWrite 300 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 10.8 68% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 15.4 62% 137 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 110 110 108 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 85.8 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 109 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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