Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.1% 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	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 16:27
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 150 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 440 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 32.3 20% 27.5 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 23.8 20% 23.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Emtec X150 480GB 1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 342 340 348 350 347 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 358 Write 286 Mixed 170 SusWrite 340 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 30.9 107% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 39.5 34% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 99%
AMD 3+1 Disk RAID5 1.5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 938GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 200 Write 27.7 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 28.9 52% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 188%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 4x8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 60%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,839 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	874x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
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	84x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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