Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% 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	63.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 150 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 353 39% 306 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 88.7 58% 76 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 58 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44093 (A5) Unknown 100 100 24 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5468 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8785 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.1% Good	Read 492 Write 379 Mixed 433 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 3.06 63% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 3.72 23% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4413 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032847 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437911578 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1070 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3342 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 139 Mixed 135 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.31 110% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8187 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 433 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7753 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 66 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 89 89 8583 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9126905524 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9822001075	61.2% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.33 124% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 658 (03) Spinup time 184 151 1766 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 127726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1725 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 8351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2204668 (C2) HDA temperature 121 93 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.7% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 66.3 Mixed 65.6 49% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 47%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 17GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 108 Write 115 Mixed 53 114% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.12 52% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 71%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 947 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 4GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 77.8 Mixed 13.8 63% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 70%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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