Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 19:09
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 67 1-Core 29.7 2-Core 93 40% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 242 30% 228 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 375A) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7196 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 6 Parallax 0.3 4% 3.6 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.V08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 57 45 39 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 44.8 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 157GB free Firmware: 12.V08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 81.4 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 81.1 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: 12.V08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 128 127 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 114 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 126 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: 12.V08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 125 128 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 111 Mixed 93.6 SusWrite 126 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: 12.V08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 127 129 128 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 116 Mixed 82 SusWrite 128 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL11 Series 4x4GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 11.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.2 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%

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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: 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	8	6	60	24"	1280 720	ACI24F2 VW246

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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 $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 $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