Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.4% 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	32.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '19 at 21:21
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 24.5 2-Core 46.6 34% 46.9 Pts	4-Core 87.6 8-Core 150 14% 119 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 28 Parallax 37.9 27% 32.9 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 33.8 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 114 131 114 122 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 194 Write 188 Mixed 136 SusWrite 120 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 13.2 44% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 50.9 DQ Mixed 75.5 58% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 164 167 167 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 58.6 Write 113 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 164 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 204% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 13.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% 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%

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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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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