Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 02:55
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 53.1 2-Core 68 45% 65.4 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 215 21% 174 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2991) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 13.1 12% 13.7 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 9.5 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 269 196 255 118 198 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.8% Below average	Read 269 Write 276 Mixed 222 SusWrite 210 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 13.9 43% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 27.7 24% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.3% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 9.2 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 35: 4R 2G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
35%	33%	45	20	3	60	22"	1680 1050	ACR0016 Acer P221W

History: Score 16: 1R 3G 2B | Score 35: 4R 2G 9B

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

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 $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	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16