Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.4% 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	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 03:44
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 141 60% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 437 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 41.3 41% 46.5 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 4+0 Stripe/RAID0 356GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	99.4% Outstanding	Read 833 Write 361 Mixed 501 124% 565 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 23.6 129% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 59.9 66% 110 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 236GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 198 3041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1720 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2543 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 103 Write 112 Mixed 77.2 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.59 152% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 126GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 113GB free, PID 00b2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 134 Write 35.6 Mixed 37.6 69% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.54 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 1.58 166% 4.16 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 50%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 63GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 31 Write 8.96 Mixed 21.8 23% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.17 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.77 72% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 113%
500 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 7GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 231 Write 20.8 Mixed 31.5 79% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 71% 6.32 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 87%

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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