Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 149 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 339 38% 300 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% EVGA(3842 1366) 1GB CLim: 648 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 10.4 10% 12 fps	MRender 17 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 15 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 128GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 70 112 62 59 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 392 Write 269 Mixed 309 SusWrite 83.7 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 28.6 117% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 122 115% 179 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 287GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.1 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 91.7 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 54%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	869x
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	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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	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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16