Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.3% 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	36.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 138 59% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 391 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 29.7 19% 25.4 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 23.9 22% 27.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8714 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1684 (AB) Unknown 100 100 38057040 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 68 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2514 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10018 (F9) Unknown 100 100 132164399	79.6% Very good	Read 494 Write 343 Mixed 402 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 25 101% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 79.8 88% 150 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 100%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10855492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -26903675121681 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1911 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 678 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10855492 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10855492 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10855492 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13947 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10739 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10739 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18128	36.3% Below average	Read 181 Write 53.8 Mixed 89.8 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 13.6 78% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 79.2 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 20.8 28% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 286GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1431 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2142 (C2) HDA temperature 105 103 38 (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	64.7% Good	Read 99.4 Write 126 Mixed 108 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 203GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1227 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12805 (C2) HDA temperature 106 104 37 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 104 Mixed 74.5 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-046.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5403-046.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.9% 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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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