Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.2% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 00:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 76 2-Core 148 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 355 40% 313 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1255 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 55.1 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 68.7 45% 62 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 51.7 Splatting 53 46% 56.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 158913789989 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 200214279 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3462632 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1539198	78% Very good	Read 513 Write 365 Mixed 398 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 26.8 105% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 18.4 30% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1072 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (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	82.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 142 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 72GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3520 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 716 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8282 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 396697 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2	33.3% Below average	Read 53.1 Write 62.6 Mixed 55.5 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. KHX1600C9D3/4GX BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 48%

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Gaming 23%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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