Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 05:01
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 133 62% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 438 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 79.9 54% 71.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 56.8 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 62 163209412643 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5584851174 (F7) Unknown 100 100 176049114 (F8) Unknown 100 100 133528817	78.3% Very good	Read 500 Write 321 Mixed 394 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 27.2 106% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 46.8 60% 109 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 705GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28248592 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2801254 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (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 66 64 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14380 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 51539607586 (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 42885248451119 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1893082380 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15037744310	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 167 Mixed 170 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 11.1 Mixed 12.6 18% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.31 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.58 71% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 72%

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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	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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