Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	55.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 20:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 60.5 2-Core 115 52% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 372 35% 290 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 43.3 29% 37 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4248 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1313 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1065274574515 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 45 193274314783 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622911923718 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2758 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8991 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7109 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5958 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.4% Above average	Read 477 Write 178 Mixed 211 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 11.4 77% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 11.4 26% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 384GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168496848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33420646 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1304 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 403963928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80816 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 38654705688 (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 -88149908780183 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22170942003 (F2) Unknown 100 253 572201860858	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 168 Mixed 163 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.6% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 40%

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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