Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 15:56
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 136 57% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 322 36% 283 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66 61% 72.5 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 68.3 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23763 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1723 (B1) Unknown 82 82 625 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 338 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38954964727	81.4% Excellent	Read 477 Write 416 Mixed 457 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 22.7 103% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 64.6 68% 112 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 110%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 610GB free Firmware: 2BA3 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 29.7 Mixed 29.9 23% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 363GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82847009 (03) Spinup time 91 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 51 339311633121 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 555 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 25770197008 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 29 82847009 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 190 88	50.1% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 76.5 Mixed 76.6 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.44 109% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 63%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
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