Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 00:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 128 58% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 260 31% 239 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1345 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.5 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 86.6 52% 72.9 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 56.4 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92581816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 326777757 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032843 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 487653404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4181 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63453846825628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54040157653 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1227138799084	78.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 121 Mixed 130 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.09 30% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28456799 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1081 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51256700 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1024 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098375 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 588513314 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 12 28456799 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136872017818271 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1044291609 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3257008203	48.2% Average	Read 102 Write 66.4 Mixed 65.5 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.24 52% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. SLZ302G08-MDJHB BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. SLZ302G08-MDJHB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 39%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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