Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	23.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (81%). 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	2.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '22 at 19:59
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	81%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 58.2 1-Core 57.2 2-Core 110 45% 75 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 279 28% 228 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 56.5 50% 61.4 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 64.5 51% 62.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD easystore 480GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EG430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 118 82 12 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 291 Write 207 Mixed 132 SusWrite 71.4 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 6.4 24% 6.5 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 62%
Adata SU655 120GB 3,439 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 47GB free Firmware: P180516a SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 13 64 53 74 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 313 Write 17.4 Mixed 149 SusWrite 68.7 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 18.7 71% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 72 63% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 169GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 132 136 98 135 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 130 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-030.A00LF 2x8GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.5 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 61%

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

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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 $129Bench 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 $300	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