Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.9% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 20:13
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 108 52% 81.6 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 297 31% 247 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 39.2 38% 43 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (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 7291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 948 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 153 (AE) Unknown 100 100 141 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1974 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 50 214749347882 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20934234231 (F7) Unknown 100 100 654805927 (F8) Unknown 100 100 873023218	77.5% Very good	Read 501 Write 365 Mixed 394 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 25.8 96% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 55.5 61% 102 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 214GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193280144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 22027505506 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 639172646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55649 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 51539607590 (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 49198850387627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6293594838547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -57113727230667	66.9% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 145 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.27 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 122GB free Firmware: 58.01D58 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 153 3291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1626 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 40 (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
Poor: 18% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2C1600C9 Adata HY64C1C1624ZY CML8GX3M2C1600C9 Adata HY64C1C1624ZY 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.3% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.8 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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