Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '22 at 02:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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 way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 59.3 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 86.1 40% 63.5 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 154 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 149 Parallax 151 120% 149 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 150 Splatting 105 100% 124 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 441 Write 382 Mixed 356 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 35.4 117% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 224 171% 231 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 4GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 65 60 65 59 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 44 Write 49.2 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 61.1 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 49%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 5GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 35 37 36 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 107 Write 11.5 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 36 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 34%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 7GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 50.7 Write 27.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 26.2 39% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 56% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-096.A01LF 4x2GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 5.6 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 61%

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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%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	876x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16