Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1900 x 1068 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 20:00
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$55 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 161 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 372 41% 322 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 203B) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 35.9 28% 31.8 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 33.6 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900BB3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 134 72 49 31 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 345 Write 180 Mixed 359 SusWrite 90.5 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 35.9 126% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 155 126% 178 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 154 156 156 157 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 149 Mixed 30 SusWrite 156 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 118% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 266GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 97 100 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 7.3 Mixed 20 SusWrite 98.2 40% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 75 Write 55 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 76.4 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBXM Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

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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	876x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16