Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 140 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 225 30% 225 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 73.3 68% 80.4 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 79.6 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3418812776957 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	50.9% Above average	Read 492 Write 109 Mixed 179 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 7.02 70% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 9.48 35% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 775GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 200847132 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 276854688 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 49361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1497 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3237 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065671 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 471072793 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 13 200847132 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70239895211524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 671837404 (F2) Unknown 100 253 285042413	53% Above average	Read 113 Write 72.1 Mixed 103 73% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.57 119% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 15 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 51%

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

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16