Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	30.4% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '15 at 16:38
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 61.1 2-Core 125 42% 93 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 343 36% 287 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 46.3 30% 39.9 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 35.3 Splatting 41.7 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 480GB-$199 1,254 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 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 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6227 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 94493081632 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 29412 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13571 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 462	59.9% Above average	Read 472 Write 251 Mixed 408 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 15.7 65% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 37.9 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 248GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 550 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (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 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 98.2 Mixed 93.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.43 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 109GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1034 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 798 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 109 Mixed 116 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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