Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 07:52
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 138 59% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 289 32% 255 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 34.8 23% 31.3 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 34.2 25% 30.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8908 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1164 (B1) Unknown 66 66 407 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 263 (F1) Unknown 99 99 67035615925	66.8% Good	Read 474 Write 317 Mixed 335 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 16.2 91% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 49.7 DQ Mixed 15.3 19% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 488GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 86 34 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 107 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790513468 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5577 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 59311565 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 421199899 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6262 (C2) HDA temperature 222 146 180389675035 (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 0	63.4% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 76%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$32 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 74GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194655540 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1610 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505151518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 90194313246 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 60 138935785 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42% Average	Read 71.9 Write 74.2 Mixed 70 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 58%

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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	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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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