Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 132 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 331 37% 292 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 048F) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 34.8 23% 32 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 26 Splatting 35.3 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 898 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2949133 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 187 187 158934958269 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 171800395809 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 472 Write 215 Mixed 274 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 15.5 80% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 18% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 97%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 477GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 178 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1674 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 36 (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	75.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 145 Mixed 112 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.34 119% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 389GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 253 165 991 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 965335 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 36 (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 200 196 82 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	44.4% Average	Read 79.1 Write 75.3 Mixed 75.3 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 149GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 125 100 12905611553 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8690 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 121511346 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 505675809 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8950 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8950 (C2) HDA temperature 181 133 193274249249 (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	54% Above average	Read 91 Write 97 Mixed 102 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16