Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.6% 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	43.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 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 18 '18 at 23:11
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 130 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 210 28% 210 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 38.2 33% 37.2 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 38 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 805 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (64) Unknown 100 100 5650112 (65) Unknown 100 100 2658304 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1226 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1565 (B7) Unknown 90 90 45 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 197569675295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 323 (E7) Temperature 90 90 10 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15281 (EA) Unknown 100 100 23181 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8046 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24194 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 347	43.4% Average	Read 434 Write 199 Mixed 221 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 5.18 46% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 18.4 15% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 659GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 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 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 112 112 17193369804 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 274 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 158914969629 (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	95.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 171 Mixed 151 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 99%
Hitachi HTS545050A7 500GB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: ACY0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 86.9 Mixed 87.3 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 63%

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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	866x
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	119x

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 $269	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 $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