Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	45.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 16:39
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 71 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 128 51% 85.4 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 335 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 809E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 56.7 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 69.8 46% 63.7 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 53.7 43% 52.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 53%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 90 84 79 56 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 74 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 74.2 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681PAE-16IC 2x4GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10.7 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.9 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 55%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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