Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.9% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 10:08
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 131 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 418 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 80% 108 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.9 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 125GB free Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 524 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 643 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115	72.7% Very good	Read 488 Write 419 Mixed 452 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 11.3 70% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 11.1 51% 115 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19677 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81804112 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 90 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4823 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6579 (F9) Unknown 100 100 413671013	72.8% Very good	Read 457 Write 445 Mixed 462 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 18.9 85% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 54.1 DQ Mixed 14.1 18% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB DDR3 1600G DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 23%

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

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	55x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16