Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.8% 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	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 15:29
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 69 2-Core 137 60% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 393 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 60.5 59% 67.7 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 72.1 58% 70 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 897 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188979347488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5305404686 (F7) Unknown 100 100 166314308 (F8) Unknown 100 100 24219935 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4382 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	52.3% Above average	Read 386 Write 243 Mixed 305 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 12.2 66% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 45.5 39% 55 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 161GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12035 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7679 (B1) Unknown 91 91 313 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1013 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52764627933	65.4% Good	Read 502 Write 344 Mixed 435 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 13.2 68% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 98.5 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 57.4 53% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 86%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 259GB free Firmware: AM0P3M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st 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 1355 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5131 (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 90 90 4241 (0A) Spinup retry count 202 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 346 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18243 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454183964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1873 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.4% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 80 Mixed 86.5 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.18 42% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 121%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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	644x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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