Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.8% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '23 at 19:55
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 136 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 396 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% XFX(1EAE 6505) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.3 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 129 Parallax 162 70% 125 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 85.5 Splatting 151 116% 142 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 246 59 175 175 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 490 Write 423 Mixed 372 SusWrite 172 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 33.5 117% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 173 153% 230 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 97%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 71GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 370 391 381 397 404 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 429 Mixed 416 SusWrite 364 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 44.7 152% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 226 175% 239 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 125%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free Firmware: V3.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 191 190 194 196 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 447 Write 158 Mixed 168 SusWrite 185 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 8 72% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 90.7 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 13.3 31% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 154 156 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 167 Mixed 113 SusWrite 155 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1866 CL10 Series 1600 CL9 Series 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

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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	13	60	31.5"	1920 1080	SAM100B C32F39M

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16