Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 00:07
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 132 56% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 306 33% 264 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 3265) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 37.5 26% 33 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 33.7 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 138 (A9) Unknown 100 100 121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 45 193274511387 (D4) Unknown 100 100 119 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 86 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3499 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7315 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2082 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	52.3% Above average	Read 391 Write 214 Mixed 235 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 14.6 68% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82.8 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 24.1 32% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 91%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 299GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 2674 (03) Spinup time 150 147 3491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4815 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37.2% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 59.2 Mixed 67.2 50% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 51%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 12GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 147 3525 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2635 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34873 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (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
Poor: 18% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 4x8GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 65%

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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	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 $178	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