Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.8% 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	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 18:10
Run Duration	567 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 136 59% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 400 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.8% Average	Lighting 52.7 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 55.3 43% 56.9 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 46.9 45% 56.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 233GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 357 Write 313 Mixed 339 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 20.3 75% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 98.7 DQ Write 92.7 DQ Mixed 47.1 49% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 222GB free 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1538 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 149 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 240519413803 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22665544193 (F7) Unknown 100 100 709808068 (F8) Unknown 100 100 14540306	78.1% Very good	Read 495 Write 326 Mixed 384 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 29 106% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 54 62% 106 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 97%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 184GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 6774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1555 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 43 244814381101 (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 1304752388 (F7) Unknown 100 100 40846619 (F8) Unknown 100 100 115837146	78.5% Very good	Read 497 Write 328 Mixed 392 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 28.7 107% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 53.9 61% 104 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31916399 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 502 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 64 274879152167 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1116697067780 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2886 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7542 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5863 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7575 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 379 Write 228 Mixed 230 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 13.9 60% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 40 53% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 125 Write 76.2 Mixed 55.8 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 0.28 149% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 88%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 97.1 Mixed 64.8 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.53 211% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 761GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160759104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3973123 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (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 56 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17510 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 73014444066 (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 126555506347536 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14205303524 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17370192757	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 175 Mixed 156 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 739GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99471192 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6394577 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (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 61 46 655753255 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11002 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 77309411367 (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 31220117275649 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17021543399 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7722335267	60.9% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 109 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 96%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 684GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 93.1 Mixed 82.4 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 100 Write 85.4 Mixed 75.2 108% 87 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.09 44% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 59%
FCR-HS3 -1 128GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 98GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 84.4 Write 76 Mixed 47.1 85% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 2.28 239% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 44%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,299 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 131 Write 18.2 Mixed 39.4 60% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.86 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 1 101% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 28%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 9GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 6.29 Mixed 9.33 13% 12 MB/s	4K Read 7.99 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.008 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 KHX1600C10D3/8G 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.3 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
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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Total price: $358

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 $46

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