Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (55%). 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	16 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 21:56
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 45.8 1-Core 59.5 2-Core 66.3 36% 57.2 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 236 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.7% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 79 Parallax 74.4 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 67.2 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 266 271 255 218 3.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 306 Write 289 Mixed 283 SusWrite 210 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 20.2 71% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 155 131% 190 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 102 94 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 110 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 100 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 109%
TEYADI USB 3.0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 147GB free, PID 55aa SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 53 52 56 56 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.1% Average	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 55.5 128% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 172% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 3.9 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 177 23% 177 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 80%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16