Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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	11.7 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 28 '22 at 00:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 99.1 48% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 203 25% 192 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$250 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 887C); DUALRTX3050O8G CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 82 Parallax 92.2 87% 93.5 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 65.2 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 328 335 342 347 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 376 Write 336 Mixed 345 SusWrite 328 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 38.6 122% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 51.1 42% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 125%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 498GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 311GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 115 115 113 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 75.7 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 114 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.4% 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 (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.7 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 33.9% 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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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	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $39	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