Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	75.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 06:43
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 145 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 302 36% 281 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 146 Reflection 155 Parallax 170 119% 157 fps	Gravity 139 Splatting 104 105% 122 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 136 136 137 133 130 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 445 Write 186 Mixed 225 SusWrite 136 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 34.6 128% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 152 131% 195 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 89%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 53GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 76 77 77 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 374 Write 81 Mixed 126 SusWrite 75.1 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 32.6 121% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 89.7 68% 91 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 70%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$34 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 187GB free Firmware: AX1P6E SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 57 58 63 60 62 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 101 Write 95.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 60.3 52% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 124GB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 26GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 46 27 27 25 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 139 Write 65.7 Mixed 63 SusWrite 35.8 89% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.7 177% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH2X02E99924-165 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GBH2X02E99924-165 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 14.6 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%

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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	879x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	124x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406