Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	100% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '22 at 16:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 129 56% 91.2 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 378 33% 284 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 110 Parallax 125 98% 119 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 113 Splatting 105 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT02L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 159 77 51 46 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 461 Write 235 Mixed 185 SusWrite 86.8 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 26 99% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 75.1 101% 184 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 189GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 83 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 94.3 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 83 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 389GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 107 110 109 105 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 105 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 63%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
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	84x
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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Total price: $358

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16