Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 15:29
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 46.5 2-Core 86.5 43% 67.2 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 246 27% 214 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 166 Parallax 180 141% 173 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 180 Splatting 125 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 163 Write 123 Mixed 148 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 31.3 81% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 101 76% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 561GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 74 174 182 182 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 104 Write 73.8 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 132 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 24GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 89%

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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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Total price: $358

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