Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.2% 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	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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	11.7 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 77.7 2-Core 150 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 358 40% 316 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 33.4 23% 30.4 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 35.3 24% 28.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6875412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -95288144424917 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1062 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 581 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 47 64427589655 (C2) HDA temperature 23 47 64427589655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6875412 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6875412 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6875412 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4462 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5496 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5496 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7761	34.3% Below average	Read 161 Write 89.9 Mixed 97.6 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 8.67 69% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 26.6 29% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 73%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 267GB free Firmware: 1AJ10006 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5386 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1084 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1417 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1250 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 176094445590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2277 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094445590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6	66.6% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 109 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.61 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-001.A00LF 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

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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 $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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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