Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	64.4% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 23:56
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 151 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 458 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 103 Reflection 143 Parallax 141 84% 129 fps	Gravity 145 Splatting 114 113% 130 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (A5) Unknown 100 100 322190640017 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 42 180389609505 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4544110265378 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9973 (EA) Unknown 100 100 37933 (F1) Unknown 253 253 32191 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18013 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 429 Write 308 Mixed 253 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 14.3 77% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 9.64 41% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 63GB free Firmware: JP4OA3FF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 135 135 8605794622 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1444 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1517 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 201863987229 (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	64.8% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 120 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Team-Elite-1333 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Team-Elite-1333 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 50%

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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	877x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

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 $80Bench 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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