Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	24.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 110 53% 83.7 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 267 30% 232 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 35.4 24% 32.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 37.5 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 126 143 141 132 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 284 Write 199 Mixed 214 SusWrite 141 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 139 115% 163 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 85%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 859GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 96 121 123 133 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 10.5 Write 13.5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 109 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 85%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 285GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 71 74 72 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 76 Write 78 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 71.1 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 117 117 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 116 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 84%
MB0500EAMZD 500GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 160GB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 56 62 65 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 89 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 62.4 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 63%

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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%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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