Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.04% 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	50.2% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	15.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '23 at 13:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 53.2 2-Core 101 50% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 229 27% 209 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% PNY(196E 109A) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.44 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 10.7 7% 9 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 11 Splatting 9 8% 9.47 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 203 206 202 200 205 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.2% Above average	Read 248 Write 212 Mixed 180 SusWrite 206 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 25.1 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 39.7 34% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 115%
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 2TB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 103 97 100 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 120 Write 83.8 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 101 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	49	25	30	31.5"	1280 720	GSM778E LG QHD

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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	866x
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	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16