Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 20:22
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 132 59% 95 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 284 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1764 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 33.4 30% 32.1 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 33.5 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 838GB free Firmware: CC97 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144527832 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21694331 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 9060941852 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5018 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 5 144527832 (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 -50306951927502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3458387067 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3321015754	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 99.6 Mixed 99.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 481GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12897026212 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 447 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 163210002461 (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	97.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 178 Mixed 145 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 344GB free Firmware: V56OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 96 96 42983752200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1975 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4135 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 279173660705 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 21	30.7% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 58.4 Mixed 59 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 40%
Seagate ST9250827AS 250GB 3,473 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 200GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8614371528 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5446 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 18 18 82 (BE) vendor-specific 76 45 923598872 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92215 (C2) HDA temperature 24 55 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 55 104895765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 62.1 Mixed 59.1 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 51GB free Firmware: GT001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4074 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 728 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 27667 (0A) Spinup retry count 181 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 230 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 341588 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634053143 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 64 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 247 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8247 (DE) Loaded hours 70 70 12316 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 299 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	25.9% Poor	Read 43.9 Write 46.2 Mixed 42 33% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 47%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 132GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 41.1 Mixed 37.1 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.39 60% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 75%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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