Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.6% 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	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 9 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 09:27
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	27%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 66.4 2-Core 123 56% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 298 34% 263 Pts	64-Core 300 18% 300 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 65.6 39% 48.2 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 40 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 52GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8319 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 873 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9728440978	95.8% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 462 Mixed 498 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 31.8 127% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 102 100% 159 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14192 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1579 (B1) Unknown 85 85 178 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31033113305	31.9% Below average	Read 289 Write 26.3 Mixed 60.8 27% 125 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 6.36 52% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 33.4 DQ Mixed 19.6 32% 66.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3425 (C2) HDA temperature 124 116 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.8% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 141 Mixed 147 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 96%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 179GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 165 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1930 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1892 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.4% Good	Read 145 Write 90.2 Mixed 107 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.31 105% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 63%

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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	866x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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	119x

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 $254	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 $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) $37	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