Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.3% 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	8.14% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 04:48
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 62 2-Core 121 54% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 285 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 49.8 Parallax 53.9 37% 49.7 fps	MRender 50 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 39.2 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 231 (AA) Unknown 100 100 118 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 156 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 67	8.14% Terrible	Read 98.4 Write 68.7 Mixed 3.05 12% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.007 0% 0.009 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 8.14% Great: 94%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9270 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1525 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 55 336723988 (C2) HDA temperature 76 53 403832856 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 15 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.2% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 105 Mixed 97 73% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.49 118% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C8 4x2GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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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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 $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 $40	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