Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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. 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 14:18
Run Duration	15813 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 132 58% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 410 39% 324 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 225GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 696 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65891044 (09) Power-on hours count 99 85 1264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 11 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 54 45 774045742 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4851 (C2) HDA temperature 46 55 60129542190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 9 696 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12339441031914 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2437847454 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3303381148	52.2% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 91 Mixed 66.4 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.42 78% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 75%
Asmt 2115 500GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 73GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 48.6 Write 32.9 Mixed 36.8 30% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 34GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 8 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5074 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31052240 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 52611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 111670853658 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 9246343206 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5253 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 -140737488355290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 5 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 29583734740433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 969461237 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3311829196	38.9% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 65.1 Mixed 67.3 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.44 76% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 75%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 30GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 235 226 10233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1076 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 35 (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	35.7% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 58.3 Mixed 58 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 61%
WD WD1600HLHX-75JJPV0 160GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1460 (03) Spinup time 193 190 1350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 876 (C2) HDA temperature 115 89 28 (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 1968 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 15024 (F1) Unknown 200 200 32907558922 (F2) Unknown 200 200 28495106707	57.6% Above average	Read 130 Write 70.4 Mixed 34.3 57% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.64 105% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 79%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 64GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 47GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 11.2 Mixed 20.3 25% 22.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.84 96% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x8GB 24,552 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 98%

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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 $134	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