Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17% 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	42.2% 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 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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	16.9 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 95.5 43% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 329 33% 270 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2339) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 30.4 15% 25.9 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 27.6 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 18 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9699511 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188979675168 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9537 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5957 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3408 (F4) Unknown 100 100 148 (F5) Unknown 100 100 183 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3222576	42.2% Average	Read 363 Write 191 Mixed 288 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 4.04 43% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 8.45 28% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88774344 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3501960 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 78 201866543151 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 622395424 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12727 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 309073 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -4144643435155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7977985970 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10783342689	76.5% Very good	Read 104 Write 163 Mixed 105 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%
ST4000DM 000-2AE166 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 188GB free, PID 2773 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 94.4 127% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 9.7 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 72%

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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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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