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 (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	54.2% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 10:27
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 159 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 382 42% 333 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 100 2611 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 950 (A6) Unknown 100 100 161 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 213 (A9) Unknown 100 100 21 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 199 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 257698037800 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20113 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12144 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13063	54.2% Above average	Read 501 Write 205 Mixed 287 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 3.92 72% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 3.73 15% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204414632 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 54 558507348534 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1569 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 623116325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 117644 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 60129542181 (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 128105989553713 (F1) Unknown 100 253 182748660355 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134132674340	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 171 Mixed 165 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 892GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57060050 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 26174580370 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2164 (B7) Unknown 85 85 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065694 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 589496355 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 18 57060050 (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 8770323252048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3240292303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 383113070	63.6% Good	Read 116 Write 106 Mixed 99.9 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.61 128% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 64%

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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	866x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16