Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 08:12
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 129 52% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 342 36% 286 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 842E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.8% Below average	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 46.7 30% 39.3 fps	MRender 47.1 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 33.3 32% 40.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 105 106 109 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 365 Write 108 Mixed 156 SusWrite 104 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 30.2 101% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 112 99% 150 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 81%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 573GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 82 82 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 93 Mixed 65 SusWrite 80.6 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 245GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 164 159 144 153 171 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 156 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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