Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.97% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '16 at 03:13
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 459 43% 359 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2653) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.97% Terrible	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 12.8 10% 11.4 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 13.7 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.97% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 255 (A9) Unknown 100 100 389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 147 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 48 206159282204 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1114 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1114 (F1) Unknown 253 253 36479932448 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25586342744 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 400 Write 255 Mixed 303 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 18.1 84% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 54.9 DQ Mixed 13.2 18% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 489GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7050 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8545 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8407 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 191622 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 115 Write 93.3 Mixed 104 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.41 118% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 461GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1448 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 241525 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 116 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.47 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 12.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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