Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 101 54% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 289 30% 242 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E142) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 5.12 5% 5.97 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 5.65 4% 5.22 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15902011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 123677878264827 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 222 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 43 21477654563 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 21477654563 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15902011 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15902011 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15902011 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16331 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7838 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7838 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5231	47.4% Average	Read 482 Write 191 Mixed 266 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 10.5 44% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 95.1 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 29.4 33% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 411GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 187 3320 (03) Spinup time 135 123 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1800 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1705 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 464455 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 35 (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 200 188 102 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 97.8 Write 63.1 Mixed 60.4 55% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 291GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 272 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 266401863 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1195 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 622919716 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 30064771108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 30 272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 99020471031523 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1814250604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3749304619	66.6% Good	Read 121 Write 111 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.61 108% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 39GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1466 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 242198 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (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 200 199 306 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 125 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X2G1333C9DHX 4x2GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 5.2 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 53%

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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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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