Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.27% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 19:48
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 X4 840T 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 79.7 44% 66.3 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 127 15% 115 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.27% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.81 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 14.3 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.27% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2355 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 83 83 333 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720913 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1811	66.7% Good	Read 421 Write 406 Mixed 307 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 6.86 69% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 9.34 40% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1268 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 173 Mixed 166 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 12GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.7% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 10.6 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 8.1 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 47%

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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	437x

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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