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 (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 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	77.8% 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	4.8 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 25 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ARG-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 FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 72 2-Core 132 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 449 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 3789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2598 (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 1671 (C2) HDA temperature 58 48 223339348010 (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 9762 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7307 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10384 (F4) Unknown 100 100 37 (F5) Unknown 100 100 73 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2604160	77.8% Very good	Read 520 Write 480 Mixed 485 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 13.7 72% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 57.9 68% 119 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 111%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 800GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1273 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1069 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 804 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 33 (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	51.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 78.5 Mixed 128 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.11 55% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 354GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130415032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95806862 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (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 65 54 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28493 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 47244640291 (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 -23270132806011 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11558485210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 214579633385	99.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 179 Mixed 169 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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 (71^st percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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