Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.3% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131001
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 04:16
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 127 60% 95.7 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 296 34% 263 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1586 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 42.1 41% 46.4 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 39.7 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4570672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -53102975641667 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 712 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 51542097947 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 51542097947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4570672 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4570672 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4570672 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11611 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6307 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6307 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8698 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4587567	63.9% Good	Read 502 Write 227 Mixed 253 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 18.6 76% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 52.3 68% 122 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 66 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2471 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3105 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2535 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 191 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3084 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10058980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 148 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9643 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684576793 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 759 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2519 (F1) Unknown 100 94 604888 (F2) Unknown 99 94 2315244 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	57.2% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 101 Mixed 53.6 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 59%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 696GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 681 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56153 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 197569216537 (C4) Reallocation count 78 78 707 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 33136 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.3% Average	Read 90.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 26.4 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 53%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 552GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 61 3466 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10997 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5361 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 314 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 11018 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 770 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 219043463194 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 32971 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 314 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 33868	46.8% Average	Read 82.6 Write 80.6 Mixed 60.1 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 57%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 910GB free Firmware: AX0A4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1731 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 10601 (0A) Spinup retry count 245 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7174 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 232441 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274576922 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 78 78 8984 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 93.7 Mixed 49.3 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 173GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1290 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8180 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 184684183579 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17	88.8% Excellent	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 4.48 75% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB Hynix HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 F3-1600C9-4GAB Hynix HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 46%

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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 $177	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