Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.5% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '21 at 00:14
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 75.8 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 89.1 47% 71.7 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 134 18% 134 Pts	64-Core 131 8% 131 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	7.5% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 0.1 8% 8.23 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 0.2 6% 8.97 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 6.2 0.3 27 59 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 114 Write 88.2 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 30.9 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 59GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 52.1 Write 56.6 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 65.1 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x8GB 24,552 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.8 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAC952D LED MONITOR

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16