Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.3% 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	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 123 56% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 383 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gainward(10B0 1381) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.9 Reflection 15 Parallax 16.2 15% 16.7 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 16 15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4296343570 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 46 231928234027 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25769934854 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 46 (EA) Unknown 100 100 173 (F1) Unknown 253 253 103 (F2) Unknown 253 253 97 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.1% Average	Read 419 Write 129 Mixed 344 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 3.56 50% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 3.88 36% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 139 139 21493842174 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1400 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1626 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 214749347865 (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 200 200 5	92.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 139 Mixed 162 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 852GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 20892 (03) Spinup time 125 116 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 68 68 32053 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 71 71 29196 (C0) Power-off retract count 164 164 27729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33485 (C2) HDA temperature 122 91 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 1730 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	53.1% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 92.3 Mixed 77.5 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 59%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 48GB free Firmware: ZM100-47 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5888 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12044 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9708 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4313 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 148 64 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4642 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 5	26.5% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 45.8 Mixed 46.2 35% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.41 87% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16