Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	21% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '22 at 19:05
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 98.7 46% 72.4 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 140 20% 145 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 3737) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 8.6 6% 8 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 6.9 6% 8.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3701101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 30 16 41 44 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 285 Write 87.3 Mixed 314 SusWrite 35.1 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 7.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 399GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 98 98 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.5 Mixed 37.4 SusWrite 98.5 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 96% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$60 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 278GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 85 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 84 Write 86.6 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 85.9 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 18GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 62 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 63.1 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 61.7 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 100GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 78 77 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 85.7 Write 80.6 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 79.7 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 438GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 301GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 87 87 89 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 80.6 Write 72.4 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 88.4 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 9905471-058.A00LF 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29% Poor	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 8.2 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 61%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	877x
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	122x

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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