Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	168% 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 Drive	83.2% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	14.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	29.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '22 at 19:46
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 118 55% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 348 35% 286 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$630 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3955); GEForce RTX 3080 Ti CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	168% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 280 Parallax 321 175% 272 fps	MRender 346 Gravity 253 Splatting 187 206% 262 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 310 294 198 174 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 470 Write 420 Mixed 386 SusWrite 224 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 40.5 130% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 258 185% 234 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 118%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 66GB free Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 208 217 219 226 214 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 357 Write 268 Mixed 273 SusWrite 211 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 29.2 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 237 184% 254 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-038.A00LF BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 99U5474-038.A00LF BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 24GB 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns

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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%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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