Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.66% 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	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 17:41
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 137 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 364 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.66% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.22 9% 11 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.7 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.66% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3794 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1431 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39826512 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 307 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 90 90 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8890 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10756 (F9) Unknown 100 100 784343174	60.7% Good	Read 414 Write 282 Mixed 352 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 15.8 68% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 52.5 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 48GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 664566119 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15375 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5040 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 756023323 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 89 62 135070400 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 75.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 32.3 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 22 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 67%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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	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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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