Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.2% 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	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 03:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 136 59% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 216 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 3652) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 24.1 16% 20.3 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 24 Splatting 17.5 17% 21.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 340 49 97 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 429 Write 389 Mixed 284 SusWrite 142 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 1.1 54% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 45.6 DQ Mixed 1.2 22% 53.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 102%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 356 378 384 388 386 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 374 Write 393 Mixed 272 SusWrite 363 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 28.1 102% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 240 180% 242 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 616GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 142 142 144 145 144 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 141 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 141 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 97%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16