Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 09:38
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 555 4,836 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 88.9 1-Core 47 2-Core 94.4 51% 76.8 Pts	4-Core 94.3 8-Core 93.8 13% 94.1 Pts	64-Core 94.9 6% 94.9 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 15.4 15% 16 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 12 Splatting 18.2 12% 14 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12247557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -97607426754957 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2329 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 44 81607262242 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 81607262242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12247557 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12247557 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12247557 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10082 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7555 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7555 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9578	60.8% Good	Read 448 Write 115 Mixed 190 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 14.2 102% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 38.3 58% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 73%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 269GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 587 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (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	60.1% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.51 143% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 76%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 159GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2187 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 40 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.8% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 87.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 53GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4831 (C2) HDA temperature 101 95 46 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.9% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 84.8 Mixed 92.6 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.48 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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