Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 11:22
Run Duration	390 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 131 59% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 420 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 64.3 60% 70.8 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 71.6 58% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17095 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1235 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 267 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2588 (B7) Unknown 100 100 369 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 50 214749610023 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 49382954848 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1544825195 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1217452048	68.5% Good	Read 507 Write 373 Mixed 399 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 14.8 80% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 34.5 28% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 113%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 396GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14838 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 133 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.25 102% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 374GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 117 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 140 140 181760 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.5% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 61.7 Mixed 53.6 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.11 51% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 59%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 193GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2321 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2202 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 107 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 143GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8735 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.7% Good	Read 132 Write 89.6 Mixed 92.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79188408 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2891 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47608456 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1585 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 655753251 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77657 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 68719476771 (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 84898618551966 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41846669955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 204967730440	111% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 200 Mixed 191 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Adata DashDrive UV150 USB 3.0 16GB-$39 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 4GB free, PID dc1a Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 11.2 Mixed 16.6 24% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.33 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.53 63% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 29%
Mass Storage Device 16GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 121f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 20.9 Write 19.4 Mixed 20.1 26% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.68 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 1.77 160% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 3x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16