Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 555 4,836 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 88.2 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 88.5 50% 74.7 Pts	4-Core 88.7 8-Core 92.6 12% 90.6 Pts	64-Core 94.3 6% 94.3 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 15.3 15% 16 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 12 Splatting 18.3 12% 14.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7379351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 140144782881850 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2229 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 44 81607262237 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 81607262237 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7379351 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7379351 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7379351 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9596 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7144 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7144 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9160	57.7% Above average	Read 459 Write 120 Mixed 192 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 13.3 93% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 42.9 53% 93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 73%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 364GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 435 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (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	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.48 146% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 76%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 84GB free Firmware: 80.0 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 172 170 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2123 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2074 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 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 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47.1% Average	Read 88.8 Write 75.4 Mixed 77.7 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 53GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4717 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 39 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.6% Average	Read 80.9 Write 84.9 Mixed 89.3 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 60%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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