Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131001
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 07:42
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 457 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 141 Parallax 119 99% 127 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 477GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 156 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 91 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21919298	91.1% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 459 Mixed 488 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 37.9 126% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 20.6 36% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 371 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 319 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 204 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1557671172	81.5% Excellent	Read 498 Write 457 Mixed 482 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 20.3 101% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 19.8 33% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 157GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 3034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1305 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 139 (B1) Unknown 0 0 216 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 975 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38 (E9) Unknown 0 0 63885 (EA) Unknown 0 0 44 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7619 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10712	75% Very good	Read 499 Write 292 Mixed 367 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 28.9 101% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 58.9 65% 110 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 97%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 18GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,104 Write 810 Mixed 934 211% 949 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 39.6 150% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 24.5 42% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 742GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2791 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2653 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 905 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5815 (C2) HDA temperature 123 93 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 66511561 (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	57.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 92.5 Mixed 97.1 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 103 166% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 88%

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

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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