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Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.9% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 02:28
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 144 59% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 441 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.9% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 60.8 31% 52.4 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 42.4 40% 49.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 203 197 190 187 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 402 Write 275 Mixed 187 SusWrite 200 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 26.9 101% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 120 115% 184 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 91%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 150GB free Firmware: UF22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 139 131 133 136 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 411 Write 319 Mixed 273 SusWrite 161 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 12.8 64% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 32.1 45% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 63%

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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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Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,890 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	891x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	666x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	449x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	87x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	81x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $369

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Intel Core i5-13600K $209	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350