Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.5% 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	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 19:12
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 425 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 79.7 53% 70.2 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 53.7 49% 60.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 8256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1514 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 239 (AE) Unknown 100 100 227 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 54 197568495639 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 130724 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23204884767 (F7) Unknown 100 100 724130459 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3033193748	76.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 251 Mixed 350 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 24.2 105% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 53 83% 160 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 25GB free Firmware: SD04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236663565 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4345548950 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1322 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 51 370278422 (C2) HDA temperature 22 49 42949672982 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 36 236663565 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	27.6% Poor	Read 70.1 Write 26.1 Mixed 31.1 32% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.16 42% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3B4G2C1600L9 2x4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 64%

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Gaming 23%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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