Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.1% 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	81.8% 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	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 8 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '16 at 17:58
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 120 58% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 327 35% 280 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 61.8 38% 53.6 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 40 36% 44.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 139 (A9) Unknown 100 100 526 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 58 249109545000 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6885 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3277 (F2) Unknown 253 253 28338 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 461 Write 439 Mixed 359 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 24.9 99% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 63.9 69% 115 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 849GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170979147 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 536785540 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 35985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032864 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 673710120 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 28 170979147 (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 77927886655962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 168232368 (F2) Unknown 100 253 437349273	63.4% Good	Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 24.3 59% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $275	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