Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.1% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 16:09
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 113 58% 89.9 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 316 33% 264 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.1% Average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 82.3 52% 72.2 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 56.9 Splatting 43.2 43% 53.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 407 367 407 400 366 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 336 Write 387 Mixed 287 SusWrite 377 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 28.8 99% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 241 189% 262 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 142 143 143 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 100 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 141 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 15 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 72%

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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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Total price: $358

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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 $178	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