Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 13:05
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 113 50% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 159 25% 179 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 37.6 26% 33.2 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 33.7 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1192 (B1) Unknown 100 100 226216 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 928 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 561665 (F2) Unknown 100 100 344268	59.5% Above average	Read 463 Write 208 Mixed 277 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 21.1 75% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 46.4 53% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 122GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11726 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33067 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5631 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 557674 (BB) vendor-specific 67 67 131106 (BC) Unknown 100 100 42 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 23 (C2) HDA temperature 169 91 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 557674 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 545	31.9% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 58.4 Mixed 65.3 45% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 HMT41GU6AFR8C-PB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.4% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.57 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.8 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 31%

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

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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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $179	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