Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.4% 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	62.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	461 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 358 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 73 Parallax 63.2 54% 67.6 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.2 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 38GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 53407715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 139732466027403 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3426 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1062 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 53407715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 53407715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 53407715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13585 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11549 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11549 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11350	47.8% Average	Read 442 Write 77.4 Mixed 123 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 11.2 75% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.8 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 10.8 28% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 70%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10886 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2364 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 205 (AE) Unknown 100 100 393 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 43 244814053409 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 398 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10912087600 (F7) Unknown 100 100 347266307 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1359148373	62.1% Good	Read 506 Write 185 Mixed 230 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 17 93% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 43.4 42% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 89%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 280GB free Firmware: 13.01A13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 66 (03) Spinup time 186 184 1675 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (BB) vendor-specific 100 51 65 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 29 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 300865 (C2) HDA temperature 116 76 31 (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	32.7% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 58.4 Mixed 58.2 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 41%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 261GB free Firmware: AX1P6E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1773 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4003 (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 91 91 3945 (0A) Spinup retry count 180 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10628 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389806108 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 264 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 263 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	49.3% Average	Read 85.8 Write 86 Mixed 91.6 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 195GB free Firmware: 40.00A40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 155 151 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4530 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7722 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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 6535 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.2% Average	Read 79.4 Write 91.8 Mixed 65.5 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 124GB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 16GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 145 Write 68.3 Mixed 89.7 117% 101 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 1.01 136% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%
Verbatim STORE N GO 2GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 4.35 Mixed 4.2 9% 9.33 MB/s	4K Read 4.35 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.009 17% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH2X02E99924-165 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GBH2X02E99924-165 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.7% 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	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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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