Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '16 at 23:11
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 144 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 440 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 61.6 49% 61.1 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 48.6 45% 55.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 191 191 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 75 63 158914904089 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 483 Write 439 Mixed 327 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 34.6 106% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 85.2 87% 143 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 488GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232875346 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 358947439 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4406 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 521666591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 26 232875346 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82214263956371 (F1) Unknown 100 253 891008362 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1398134433	42.7% Average	Read 70.2 Write 78.6 Mixed 75.9 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.32 67% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 68%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	8.27% Terrible	Read 31.1 Write 10.5 Mixed 8.19 17% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.13 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.27% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 41%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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