Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 16:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 436 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3774) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 156 Parallax 129 110% 140 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 243 155 184 159 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 421 Write 416 Mixed 300 SusWrite 196 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 37 127% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 175 138% 188 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 390GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 393 395 413 415 382 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 428 Mixed 415 SusWrite 385 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 45.5 149% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 231 176% 237 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 191 188 190 190 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 189 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 91 93 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 86 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 91.5 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,817 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
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	118x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16