Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	31.5% 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	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 18:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 925-$150 5,211 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49% Average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 77.3 43% 64.8 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 155 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 27.1 Parallax 38.2 32% 34.7 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 36.6 31% 38 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1713 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4294967748 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9175197 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7258	67.4% Good	Read 492 Write 333 Mixed 384 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 10.2 72% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 28.7 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 183GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 194 134 6073 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 344 (05) Reallocated sector count 165 165 274 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 344 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 274 (C5) Current pending sector count 188 188 991 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 189 188 958 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 189 162 1548	52.1% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 95.2 Mixed 98.7 71% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.42 117% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 074A 1TB 318 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 303GB free, PID 074a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 98.9 Write 90.2 Mixed 91.7 119% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.09 31% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 10GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.1% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.8 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16