Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '22 at 17:36
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 145 59% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 439 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3774) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 37.4 Parallax 54.5 34% 44.5 fps	MRender 54.2 Gravity 51 Splatting 41.7 39% 49 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS5C3015ALA632 1.5TB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: ML5OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 79 107 96 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 112 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 86.7 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16