Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 03:20
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 369 41% 322 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Zotac(19DA 5053) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 1.69 4% 3.5 fps	MRender 4.24 Gravity 3.63 Splatting 2.96 3% 3.61 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ESA3SMD2HTGB120GB 120GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th 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 73 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 259 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14033 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15386 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17272 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28066	55.8% Above average	Read 511 Write 144 Mixed 225 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 16 84% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 15.9 20% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 95%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 363GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 42.8 Mixed 43.7 56% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP698650-154-HYAG Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 HP698650-154-HYAG 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.2% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.3 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 52%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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