Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 21:55
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 147 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 323 36% 284 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$84 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 31.8 29% 30.8 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 33 Splatting 31.8 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 892GB free Firmware: CC97 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67054320 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18946249 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 9162588194 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 499 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4751 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 5 67054320 (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 -80792629795237 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3013951528 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48531689	68.9% Good	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 479GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65538 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 135 135 12897353878 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 374 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 163210002467 (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 200 200 0	98% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 119 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 347GB free Firmware: V56OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 38687539535 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1904 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3508 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3508 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 279173660710 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 21	32.1% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 58.1 Mixed 64.3 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 40%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 53GB free Firmware: GT001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2976 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 728 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 26760 (0A) Spinup retry count 174 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 230 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 340018 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634053150 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 64 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 247 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8247 (DE) Loaded hours 70 70 12300 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 305 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	35.2% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 59.6 46% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 47%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 132GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 39.9 Mixed 38.4 50% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.41 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%
Intenso External USB 3.0 500GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 81GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 55.3 Write 49.1 Mixed 45 63% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.19 38% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 75%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	648x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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	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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16