Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.6% 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	48.8% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 02:00
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 135 59% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 389 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 52.8 35% 49 fps	MRender 45.9 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6117391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 90477781060987 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1705 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 57 38658441253 (C2) HDA temperature 37 57 38658441253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6117391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6117391 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6117391 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4952 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3828 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3828 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3299 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6815805	48.8% Average	Read 431 Write 99.9 Mixed 153 49% 228 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 14.3 67% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 31.9 49% 91.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 330GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3089 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1699 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3056 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (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	85.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 140 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.33 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53966785 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 200048749 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6315 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197013 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 572129311 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 53966785 (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 -121723668110781 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3203995423 (F2) Unknown 100 253 288632331	41.1% Average	Read 71.2 Write 71.8 Mixed 90.7 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.66 128% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ BK 2TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 82GB free, PID ab20 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 100 Mixed 40.8 89% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%

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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	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 $184	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) $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