Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '23 at 04:53
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 82 2-Core 136 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 282 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2258 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 74 64% 77.4 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 71.8 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dogfish 64GB 64GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0805A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 68 45 49 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 427 Write 76.5 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 75.5 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 22.3 76% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 41.2 59% 107 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 93%
WD WD5000AZDX-00SC2B0 500GB 560 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 107 102 104 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 108 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 80%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 461GB free Firmware: GG2OAH60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 99 98 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 75.8 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 99 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 58%
Verbatim Titan XS 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 353GB free, PID 0417 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 48.5 Write 92.4 Mixed 51 88% 64 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.2 174% 2 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 42%
Seagate Backup+ BK 500GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 82.5 Write 73.1 Mixed 43.2 80% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%

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

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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