Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 23:06
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 65 2-Core 130 58% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 362 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 86% 132 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$34 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL 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 0 100 2002 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2538375152353 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 38 266287972400 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1052274589941 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1920 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6909 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3162 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11263 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.4% Above average	Read 491 Write 340 Mixed 232 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 3.59 51% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 4.79 14% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 65GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 159211192 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12528418 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 554958880 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 505 (C2) HDA temperature 32 11 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 159211192 (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 -116526757705749 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5615210889 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10107013288	67.3% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 38GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 225864718 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6436862 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 605224995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 597 (C2) HDA temperature 35 11 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 225864718 (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 -82931523516424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3249984547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3650474583	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 86.6 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 113%
MCT INIC-3906 750GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 343GB free, PID 3940 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 83.6 Write 90.4 Mixed 68.6 104% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 70%

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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	877x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369