Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	56.7% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 13:08
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 83.7 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 132 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 276 30% 238 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 62.9 60% 65.2 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 52.1 51% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 44 40 47 60 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 19.2 Write 52.2 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 47.4 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CF8 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CF8 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 60%

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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	878x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 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	123x

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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