Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	56.5% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 21:47
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 58.5 2-Core 107 52% 81.3 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 223 24% 194 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 60.5 57% 66.5 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 67 Splatting 68.1 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2226 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1617 (B1) Unknown 85 85 72 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14175818352	39.7% Below average	Read 437 Write 64.1 Mixed 86.2 42% 196 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 6.85 60% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 33 DQ Mixed 6.34 11% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 604GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 97 92458960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 623865813 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 4 4 96 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163976 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138182 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 51539607585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 47 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70643622104808 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10374764789744 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30401397578560	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 178 Mixed 164 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.41 121% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SRT4G86U1-P9H Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 SRT4G86U1-P9H Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	85x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	83x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16