Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '22 at 08:22
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 90.2 45% 70.3 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 222 20% 168 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3965) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1495 MHz, MLim: 1745 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 48.8 Parallax 43.3 48% 50.5 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 33.6 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 13 12 14 14 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 259GB free Firmware: CC31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 106 114 114 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 115 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS723020BLE640 2TB 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 722GB free Firmware: MX4OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 138 147 144 148 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 146 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXM F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXM 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.6 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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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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