Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '16 at 02:02
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 146 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 478 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 52.8 35% 51.6 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 45.3 38% 46.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WL1000GSA6472 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 60.0AB60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 167 165 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 99 99 4295098371 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 589168674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 180 (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	20.8% Poor	Read 61 Write 11.5 Mixed 20.5 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.09 31% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 212 212 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3711 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 196608 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 54509 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 206158757920 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 30 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.8% Average	Read 73.6 Write 71.9 Mixed 55.9 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 45%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$49 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 27GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155893678 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3233 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 673251366 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 60 117335996 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 685 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.9% Below average	Read 67 Write 61.3 Mixed 66.4 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 106%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	875x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16