Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.61% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 136 60% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 224 30% 223 Pts	64-Core 225 14% 225 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.61% Terrible	Lighting 9.67 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 11.3 8% 9.97 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.3 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.61% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 83 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 159 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 78 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1319863574	76.4% Very good	Read 510 Write 388 Mixed 411 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 20.9 101% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 20.6 24% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 129%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 289GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8402 (03) Spinup time 148 136 3566 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13035 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3765 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9407 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 195 190 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 196 88 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 175 316	59.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 102 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. CT51264BA160B.C16F 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 14.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 42%

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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%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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