Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 61.8 2-Core 122 58% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 282 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310 4,147 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(1B0A 9060) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.95 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.18% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.47 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.72 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.18% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1555 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 797 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 98 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5155891344	75.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 387 Mixed 414 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 18.9 102% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 18.8 22% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 717GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30723128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10657769 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572260386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11333 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 90194313250 (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 -96988951477298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2954718588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32667469533	88.5% Excellent	Read 197 Write 112 Mixed 143 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 18GB free Firmware: 19.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 84 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3216 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 433 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2811 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 6581 (F1) Unknown 200 200 30822762127 (F2) Unknown 200 200 40205690323	37% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 63.4 Mixed 63.1 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 69%

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 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 48%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $129Bench 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