Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 23:25
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 82.9 45% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 238 25% 198 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 9,615 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 8113) 1GB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.23% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 1.44 1% 1.9 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.23% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: U210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 247 217 201 241 239 MB/s Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.3% Average	Read 241 Write 211 Mixed 224 SusWrite 232 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 10.9 48% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 82 78% 119 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 196 194 194 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 142 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 195 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.6 311% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 140 151 133 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 53 Write 104 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 128 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 185GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 61 Write 46.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 60.2 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 34%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 35 Write 12.8 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 39.1 36% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston 99U5403-074.A00LF F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston 99U5403-074.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.5% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 9 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%

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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	868x
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	186x
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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	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