Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	24% 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	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 12:03
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 89.7 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 98.7 52% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 155 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 36.4 24% 31.6 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 33.3 25% 30 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7502 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1651 (A5) Unknown 100 100 738560 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 189 (AE) Unknown 100 100 193 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 38 240518955046 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 630 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 865 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24189509471 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22344429212	39.1% Below average	Read 417 Write 233 Mixed 244 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 3.93 4K Mixed 7.04 27% 7.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 56%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 66GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 192 190 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7229 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4024 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 116708 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 28 (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	53% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 88.2 Mixed 83.4 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-16000CL9-2GBRM F3-16000CL9-2GBRM F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.8% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.2 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 50%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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