Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	24.8% 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	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 05:06
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 43.4 2-Core 93.7 45% 70.6 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 217 24% 191 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85CE) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 39.3 Parallax 29.2 25% 33 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 23.6 25% 31.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 198 163 195 183 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 404 Write 188 Mixed 286 SusWrite 187 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 37.9 129% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 161 143% 217 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 94%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 302GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 104 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 104 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 346GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 108 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 106 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-076.A00LF Nanya M2F4G64CB8HB5N-CG 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.2% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 32%

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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	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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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