Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 02:31
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	58.5% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 133 57% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 291 32% 256 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3450 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0342) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	0.61% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 0.47 0% 0.98 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.43 1% 0.9 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.61% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G1SA754D117-551 120GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 6034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 77642 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 41 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 830 (EA) Unknown 0 0 58 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4160 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3801	76.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 303 Mixed 361 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 24.6 102% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 65.1 74% 126 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24622056 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 51 124563023483 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 40 43437719581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15945 (C2) HDA temperature 29 60 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2834678421375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19418035238 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11421587298
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 466GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 195 189 3208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 464 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.9% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 86.2 Mixed 89.4 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%
SAMSUNG HE253GJ 250GB 233GB free, PID 2351 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.9% Poor	Read 30.4 Write 30.9 Mixed 29.7 39% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.47 4K Mixed 0.56 139% 1.54 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.6% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

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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 $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	442x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $28	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