Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 05:53
Run Duration	446 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 143 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 428 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 76 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 67 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 156943121	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 382 Mixed 409 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 44.3 160% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 114 120% 199 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 197GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 494 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 25 (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	62.9% Good	Read 128 Write 90.7 Mixed 96.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST940210AS 40GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 72GB free Firmware: 3.AL Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 126690581 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2456 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 471269404 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 210831 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 81604378652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 57 187982041 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	16.6% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 24.2 Mixed 27.9 22% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 24%
USB Flash Memory 32GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 27GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 4.68 Mixed 7.07 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.47 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.003 13% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 10.9 Write 4.41 Mixed 6.06 8% 7.12 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.88 82% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 51%

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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	865x
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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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