Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.3% 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	65.6% 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 (18%). 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 23:36
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 (96^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 147 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 404 41% 333 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.7% 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 (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 147 Parallax 140 90% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 786 (A5) Unknown 100 100 326487442347 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (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 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 180389609504 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4599946150959 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10549 (EA) Unknown 100 100 39054 (F1) Unknown 253 253 33180 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19766 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 410 Write 303 Mixed 285 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 15.9 81% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 41.8 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 344GB free Firmware: JP4OA3FF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 90 (03) Spinup time 200 200 8602845367 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1473 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1546 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 201863987230 (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	66% Good	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 101 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66% 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	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $290	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