Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 39.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	44.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '20 at 00:56
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Memory 59.3 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 85.3 35% 56.8 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 118 16% 116 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 450.82 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.4% Average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 60.2 41% 47.1 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 30 97 57 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 307 Write 141 Mixed 204 SusWrite 69.6 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 13.7 51% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 110 92% 135 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 703GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 138 145 154 141 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 130 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 140 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 150GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 97 104 111 104 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 102 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 482GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 130 133 158 137 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 113 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 136 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-532.A00LF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB CT25664BA1339.M8FR 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.4% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.9 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 36%

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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