Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.6% 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	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '20 at 08:11
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 57.2 2-Core 140 60% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 426 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 16.3 17% 21.1 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 25.6 22% 27.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 149 154 157 160 256 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 431 Write 134 Mixed 369 SusWrite 184 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 43.3 143% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 224 175% 240 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 77GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 24.9 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 60.9 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 40%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 166 Write 125 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 135 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series F3-1600C11-8GNT 1866 CL10 Series F3-1600C11-8GNT 24GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 18.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

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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	866x
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	119x

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 $254	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 $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) $28	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