Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55% 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	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 01:52
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 67.4 2-Core 128 57% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 208 28% 207 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 62.2 57% 67.2 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 54.3 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17722 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1205 (B1) Unknown 95 95 103 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 1 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 19 (EB) Unknown 99 99 427 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33339645728	79.6% Very good	Read 471 Write 374 Mixed 399 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 20.5 112% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 97.6 DQ Mixed 43.7 51% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 124%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 465GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5230 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2861 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1476 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 42 336789524 (C2) HDA temperature 79 39 3221578973205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10221 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.3% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 90.4 Mixed 85.6 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.51 132% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 92.9 Write 82.2 Mixed 52.5 93% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.25 23% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.9% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.67 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 55%

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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	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