Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 16:38
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 133 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 458 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 66.3 63% 73.2 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 194 194 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274642464 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170747	56.5% Above average	Read 492 Write 317 Mixed 328 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 7.58 57% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 31.3 DQ Mixed 7.42 11% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 89%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 349GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3650 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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	69.7% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 118 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.9% 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%

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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	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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