Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.6% 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	26.3% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 23:49
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th 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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 58 2-Core 118 53% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 263 26% 211 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.6% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 61.9 33% 56.7 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 64 Splatting 65.2 53% 64.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ssd2sc24 0G3LC726B104-327 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524A SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.1 4.2 2.7 1.1 3.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 343 Write 84.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 3.2 23% 110 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 8.2 42% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 38GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 92 99 86 90 104 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 76.7 Write 77 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 95.9 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG 4x4GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 52%

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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 $175Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16