Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Speed 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 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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.5% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 11 '23 at 10:12
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	65%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 120 56% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 358 36% 295 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% MSI(1462 5022) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 135 Parallax 169 72% 130 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 158 122% 148 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Emtec X150 480GB 1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 97 119 317 47 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 362 Write 332 Mixed 276 SusWrite 171 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 27.3 92% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 38.3 33% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 99%
AMD 3+1 Disk RAID5 1.5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 884GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 20 21 21 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 66% Great: 188%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 4x8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 60%

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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