Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 140 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 438 40% 338 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 36.4 Parallax 32.6 31% 35.5 fps	MRender 35.9 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 34.4 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 142 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2731 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2699 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5462	54.2% Above average	Read 459 Write 179 Mixed 224 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 15.8 63% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 44.8 56% 102 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 739GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 120 Write 105 Mixed 8.5 88% 78 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 4.55 4K Mixed 0.47 175% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 50%
Adata Classic C008 USB 2.0 16GB-$9 1,800 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Read 23 Write 3.29 Mixed 4.33 9% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.63 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 10% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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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 $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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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