Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 11% 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '23 at 15:31
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	70%

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-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 55.7 2-Core 95.7 50% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 142 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.45.40.14 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 24.5 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 31.3 20% 27.2 fps	MRender 23.9 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 23.8 20% 24.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 192 67 7.1 7 7 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.2% Below average	Read 225 Write 111 Mixed 161 SusWrite 75.4 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 12.8 55% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 35.3 67% 133 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 113 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 914GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 133 139 135 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 113 Write 98 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 136 69% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.3 151% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 97 98 97 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 84.4 Write 54.1 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 98.5 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G F3-12800CL9-2GBXL KHX1600C10D3/4G F3-12800CL9-2GBXL 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.1% 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	16	60	21.6"	1680 987	IVM5606 PLE2207WSV

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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	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	648x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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	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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16