Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 144 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 428 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 87.3 53% 72.7 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 62 Splatting 54 49% 60.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 8256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1514 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 239 (AE) Unknown 100 100 227 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 197568495642 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 130725 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23218096861 (F7) Unknown 100 100 724549610 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3033535445	79% Very good	Read 502 Write 250 Mixed 352 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 28 112% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 51.6 83% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 25GB free Firmware: SD04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4456471 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4345562057 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1322 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 36 4456471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 70.8 Write 79.8 Mixed 62.3 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3B4G2C1600L9 2x4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 64%

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16