Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 149 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 459 44% 366 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 73.6 51% 64.8 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 47.1 44% 54.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10058 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1907 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 292 (AE) Unknown 100 100 257 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 197568495650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 139436 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28967979679 (F7) Unknown 100 100 904209159 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3684241180	77.3% Very good	Read 483 Write 266 Mixed 328 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 27.8 104% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 52 86% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 38GB free Firmware: SD04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63821370 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4359720950 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1715 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 554827809 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 36 63821370 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 86.9 Write 64.8 Mixed 90.5 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3B4G2C1600L9 2x4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 64%

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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