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Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '22 at 23:59
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 47.7 2-Core 94.4 46% 72.1 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 181 22% 171 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$244 82,770 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Asus(1043 887C); DUALRTX3050O8G CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 83.5 79% 85.6 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 61.7 56% 69 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$47 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 309 301 317 332 331 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 354 Write 336 Mixed 324 SusWrite 307 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 33 110% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 50.1 41% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 125%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 498GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 311GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 115 115 115 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 99.1 Write 98.8 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 114 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.3 255% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 64%

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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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Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,889 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	891x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	666x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	449x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	87x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	81x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $369

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