Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 00:27
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 70 2-Core 132 61% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 311 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 40.4 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 37.6 33% 36.6 fps	Gravity 38.2 Splatting 37 33% 37.6 fps
Poor: 27% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8657135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -3934190025610 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1388 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 328 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 50 73017720869 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 73017720869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8657135 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8657135 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8657135 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24462 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16358 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16358 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16647	64.3% Good	Read 494 Write 247 Mixed 252 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 10.3 81% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 65.4 70% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 25GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 169 3766 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2533 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13745 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 41 (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	43.1% Average	Read 80 Write 69.9 Mixed 64.6 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 51%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16