Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.33% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 17:58
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 123 56% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 237 28% 216 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E193) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.33% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 5.84 6% 6.6 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 5.52 4% 5.48 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.33% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (64) Unknown 100 100 54112 (65) Unknown 100 100 37168 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 32 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 180390133795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 99 (EA) Unknown 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	44.8% Average	Read 444 Write 147 Mixed 217 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 8.08 48% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 52.3 DQ Mixed 17.7 33% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 82%
WDC WD50 00AACS-00G8B1 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 269GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.5% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 30.3 Mixed 20.4 34% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix DMT325U6AFR8C-H9 DMT325U6BFR8C-H9 4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.1% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 12.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 51%

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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	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16