Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 18:02
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 65 1-Core 60.7 2-Core 93.3 46% 73 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 232 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 56.1 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 55.5 46% 57.6 fps	MRender 54.6 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 55.5 47% 57.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Avexir V1 128G AV1128G 128GB 271 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP023PC0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1809 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9127 (A4) Unknown 100 100 452 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31599398295	30.2% Below average	Read 371 Write 45.7 Mixed 95.4 36% 171 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 22.3 4K Mixed 2.42 41% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 24.2 DQ Mixed 2.62 9% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 49%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 397GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 2016 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1808 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46728 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 511 (F1) Unknown 200 200 15606767476 (F2) Unknown 200 200 19597353280	64.3% Good	Read 148 Write 76.4 Mixed 118 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 15 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 44%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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