Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '17 at 02:44
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 71 2-Core 132 57% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 431 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 66.4 56% 68 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 53.4 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 2585 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1645 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3866879 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3797 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4474	33.8% Below average	Read 207 Write 73.2 Mixed 114 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 3.06 60% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 2.71 30% 72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 84%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580240491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1635 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2631 (C2) HDA temperature 115 115 261994184756 (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	63.1% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $15	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