Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive81.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus M5A97 R2.0  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150626
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 24 '17 at 19:08
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 90.1
1-Core 80.6
2-Core 143
64% 104 Pts
4-Core 287
8-Core 507
48% 397 Pts
64-Core 506
31% 506 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 185
Parallax 164
119% 165 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 162
Splatting 115
108% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 112%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56
154GB free
Firmware: SBFZ
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
77.5% Very good
Read 480
Write 410
Mixed 450
100% 447 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 61.4
4K Mixed 11.8
95% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 16.2
47% 101 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 89%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Read 797
Write 351
Mixed 465
118% 538 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 14.7
89% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 26.3
DQ Write 65.8
DQ Mixed 15.6
21% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
87GB free
Firmware: 01.0
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
66% Good
Read 108
Write 122
Mixed 96.5
82% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.19
83% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 66%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.8% Poor
MC Read 8.7
MC Write 8.4
MC Mixed 7.7
24% 8.27 GB/s
SC Read 9.3
SC Write 7.9
SC Mixed 6.4
22% 7.87 GB/s
Latency 67.1
60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,815 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $358
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