Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	122% 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.
Boot Drive	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 17:54
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 69 1-Core 51.5 2-Core 96.3 46% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 189 21% 163 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2201 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 59.3 43% 60.1 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 67.8 54% 65.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 88%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$365 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8675) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3537 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 189 Parallax 240 106% 186 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 208 Splatting 160 167% 211 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 95 106 43 51 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 389 Write 276 Mixed 228 SusWrite 85 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 11.3 52% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 90.4 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 18.5 28% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 60%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 156GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 249 286 308 282 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 371 Write 360 Mixed 256 SusWrite 274 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 21.4 71% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 152 128% 188 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 95%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$160 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 309GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 90 90 90 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 99.4 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 89.6 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 72 55 68 70 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 64.4 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 67.7 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 57%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 84GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 85 86 96 105 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 87 SusWrite 92.8 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 253GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 109 111 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 108 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 9905403-439.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 61%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353