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 (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	79.8% 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 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 11:21
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 148 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 451 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th 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 0 (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 100 100 3738 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2563 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 444 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2424905 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1646 (C2) HDA temperature 58 51 210454446122 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9697 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10245 (F4) Unknown 100 100 37 (F5) Unknown 100 100 73 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2580800	79.8% Very good	Read 525 Write 481 Mixed 478 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 13.4 78% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 63.4 72% 123 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 111%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 797GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1036 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 794 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 34 (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	47.4% Average	Read 95 Write 69.9 Mixed 79 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 347GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124981016 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 94585335 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 623181861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28097 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 47244640293 (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 90525025701464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10601636255 (F2) Unknown 100 253 213640446900	72% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 62%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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