Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '15 at 19:17
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 550 3,836 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 86.6 1-Core 54.8 2-Core 100 53% 80.6 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 103 14% 102 Pts	64-Core 102 6% 102 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 53.2 33% 50.5 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 43.9 36% 44.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNS128GG4BNAA 128GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 62GB free Firmware: AGSA0203 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6923 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 856 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1069575176624 (AA) Unknown 100 100 94498455650 (AD) Unknown 100 100 94522376398 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 64 38 266288693284 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	30.6% Below average	Read 212 Write 148 Mixed 169 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 8.18 42% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 17.5 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 7.31 8% 13.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 37%
Samsung 470 Series SSD 64GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM09B1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1045 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 388 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B2) Unknown 72 72 284 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 31 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3	39.8% Below average	Read 246 Write 173 Mixed 198 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 8.58 55% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 9.87 26% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 43%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 265GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43586584 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3550 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 429 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67225961 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3348 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950328353 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 996970856480 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 22 43586584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1335 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35532264462066 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1987051340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1861755041	35.2% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 61.2 Mixed 72.4 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.3 44% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 231GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58310792 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2034445 (09) Power-on hours count 19 15 71325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 6 6 94 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622592037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1471 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 3 58310792 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79684528241464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3329502554 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4139093963	44.9% Average	Read 77.7 Write 78 Mixed 54.5 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 3.91 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 2x4GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 11 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 61%

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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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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