Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.4% 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	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '16 at 21:36
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 107 49% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 267 28% 222 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2320) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1003 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 30.6 21% 28 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 32.8 22% 26.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 67005162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 103336913165304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 249 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 67005162 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 67005162 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 67005162 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34244 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18994 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18994 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21801	54.5% Above average	Read 496 Write 193 Mixed 278 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 11.2 64% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 71.4 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 9.15 30% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 91%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 81GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 181 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 980 (BE) vendor-specific 46 23 54 (C2) HDA temperature 96 73 54 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 11% Great: 35%
WD 5000AAD External 500GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 18GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GB2133C11Y4 2x4GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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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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