Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 18:45
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 67.4 2-Core 117 53% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 420 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.1% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 83.1 75% 87.5 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 72 70% 88.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 37 52 57 117 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 63.7 Write 124 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 80.8 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16