Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37% 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	29.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 16:04
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 136 58% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 221 30% 221 Pts	64-Core 221 14% 221 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 372A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 39.7 39% 40.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 38 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1079 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245227 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864445984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1903 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1263 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1644 (F4) Unknown 100 100 19 (F5) Unknown 100 100 43 (F6) Unknown 100 100 115176	29.5% Poor	Read 145 Write 192 Mixed 236 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 5.64 4K Mixed 4.27 40% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 5.75 DQ Mixed 4.29 6% 11 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 85%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 284GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 697 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2865 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3201 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6535 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 67 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3044 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 261993922589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3500 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 67 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 117627	51.3% Above average	Read 83.1 Write 95.7 Mixed 82.7 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $129Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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