Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.4% 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	60.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 10:38
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 135 62% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 325 37% 288 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BE) 2GB CLim: 1329 MHz, MLim: 1362 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 16.3 16% 17.9 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 20 Splatting 17.2 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 298 (AA) Unknown 100 100 118 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 200 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134	60.4% Good	Read 447 Write 295 Mixed 330 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 10.2 68% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 55.6 57% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 94%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 930GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9240 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3556 (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 14339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1531 (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 83 55 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 80 53 336658452 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18390 (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	51.9% Above average	Read 83.6 Write 96.9 Mixed 113 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.9% 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 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (83^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 15.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%

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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 $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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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