Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.8% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	May 27 '22 at 16:28
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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)	47.5% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 39.5 2-Core 81.4 41% 63.4 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 207 22% 174 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 22FE) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.30.23.04 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.31% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 7.6 Parallax 20.6 8% 12.8 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 14.9 Splatting 13 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.31% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 564GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 314 327 310 307 339 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 285 Write 336 Mixed 270 SusWrite 307 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 24.2 78% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 146 114% 155 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 117%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 493GB free Firmware: T0317A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 302 316 305 290 9.6 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.9% Below average	Read 266 Write 229 Mixed 214 SusWrite 244 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 6.6 31% 9.57 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 50.9 57% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 731GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 93 92 92 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 95.5 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 91.2 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 237GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 87 88 89 88 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 54.8 Mixed 58 SusWrite 87.6 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 937GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 35 35 35 35 36 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 24.7 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 34.6 42% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1600 CL9 Series KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 53%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16