Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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)	67.4% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 77.5 2-Core 147 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 434 44% 354 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.4% 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 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 94% 135 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 147 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (A5) Unknown 100 100 322190836626 (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 66 42 180389609506 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4548405232675 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9974 (EA) Unknown 100 100 37972 (F1) Unknown 253 253 32225 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18056 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	63.9% Good	Read 390 Write 305 Mixed 283 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 15.4 79% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 42.7 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 48GB free Firmware: JP4OA3FF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^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 33123 (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	54% Above average	Read 103 Write 85.9 Mixed 84.2 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.21 52% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54% 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 (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.2% 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369