Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	30.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 18:20
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 82.9 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 90.2 49% 73.8 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 247 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 350D) 1GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 13 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 11.4 11% 13.2 fps	MRender 18.7 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 16.6 13% 16.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 170GB free Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (64) Unknown 100 100 22107 (A8) Unknown 253 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 253 1 0 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 697 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 37 0 77312032805 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 81 1 1837 (D4) Unknown 100 100 33006 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 381422544 (F1) Unknown 100 100 439092723 (F2) Unknown 100 100 192504212	77.6% Very good	Read 486 Write 418 Mixed 468 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 30.5 92% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 72.5 57% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 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 95 95 142471743 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -90529320648917 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 195 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 53 1009320788006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 1009320788006 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 142471743 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 142471743 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 142471743 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16172 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12026 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12026 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10304	30.8% Below average	Read 157 Write 81.1 Mixed 99.4 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 8.1 55% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 7.58 25% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146392216 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 122461344 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 567658217511 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38388 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 60129542183 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65837553665627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 79250538766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89859498060	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 172 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 785GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 8358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 579 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 442058 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 33 (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	68.8% Good	Read 139 Write 101 Mixed 125 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 481GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 8225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 579 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177059 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.9% Average	Read 79.4 Write 80.2 Mixed 77.3 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 299GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388181429 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 426 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 426 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 214749478952 (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	97.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 146 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.17 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 107%
ST310005 24AS 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 337GB free, PID 2336 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 35.5 Mixed 32.8 44% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.32 65% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 12.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9.6 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 50%

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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	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	647x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16