Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.6% 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	83.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 04:31
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 61.3 2-Core 114 57% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 353 35% 285 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 352.86 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 18 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.7 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 18 18% 22.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16084 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 54 (AE) Unknown 100 100 143 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094969890 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10403417153 (F7) Unknown 100 100 329278278 (F8) Unknown 100 100 586157130	83.3% Excellent	Read 506 Write 322 Mixed 386 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 29.1 115% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 47.4 74% 139 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 97%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 176 6494 (03) Spinup time 186 178 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 326 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 69 (07) Seek error rate 200 195 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 243 (C2) HDA temperature 117 112 33 (C4) Reallocation count 194 194 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69% Good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 95% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 335GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 86 69353804 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 238488492 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3712 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 672858150 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 55 85404593 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.6% Poor	Read 57 Write 45.8 Mixed 49.4 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.7 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 72%

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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	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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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