Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.7% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 19:18
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 100 48% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 199 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.83 fps	MRender 2.7 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.37 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3701101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 78 71 86 72 84 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 486 Write 376 Mixed 399 SusWrite 110 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 20.6 112% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 71.4 94% 169 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 100%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 352GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 114 114 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 114 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 172GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 93 94 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 93.8 Mixed 63 SusWrite 94.5 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 19GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 85 84 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 70.7 Write 68.4 Mixed 48 SusWrite 84.2 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 59%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 438GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 357GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 69 67 67 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 83.2 Write 69.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 67.2 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 9905471-058.A00LF 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 61%

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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%	1	25	20	60	23"	1920 1080	SAM08D6 S23B350

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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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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 $177	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