Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.6% 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	31% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 16:05
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 75 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 360 38% 301 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 13.1 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 11.7 11% 13.4 fps	MRender 18.8 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 17 14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 151GB free Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 69 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (64) Unknown 100 100 22554 (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 36 0 77312032804 (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 83 1 1432 (D4) Unknown 100 100 33044 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 389424048 (F1) Unknown 100 100 473913819 (F2) Unknown 100 100 217557465	83.2% Excellent	Read 501 Write 466 Mixed 485 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 33.8 100% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 64.2 49% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 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 7571491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 121513214754625 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 195 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 53 1009320788003 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 1009320788003 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7571491 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7571491 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7571491 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16247 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12125 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12125 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10370	31% Below average	Read 173 Write 84.4 Mixed 98 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 9.44 59% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 8.79 15% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 171 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 442158 (C2) HDA temperature 122 96 30 (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	71.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 105 Mixed 129 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 805GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th 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 100 100 288 (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 5349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 429 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749478949 (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	84.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 102 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 747GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209034752 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 122653135 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (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 66 42 567508074530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38492 (C2) HDA temperature 34 58 60129542178 (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 68972879821236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80247865614 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89868176088	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 99 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 478GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 174 7583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177124 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 35 (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	45.4% Average	Read 78 Write 79.8 Mixed 77.2 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 83%

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 as expected (50^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 50%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	866x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

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	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16