Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.6% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '16 at 23:31
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 32.5 50% 64.3 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 413 37% 314 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2763) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.6% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 33.2 24% 29.8 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 27.3 Splatting 29 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1979 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 952 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 58 57 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2902122660	68.2% Good	Read 467 Write 313 Mixed 328 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 16.1 98% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 16.2 20% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 1TB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 776GB free Firmware: CE03 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 82 63 174555344 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46218921 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1026 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 59 52162199589 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1842 (C2) HDA temperature 37 41 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 182 Mixed 174 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.17 94% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Sony Card_R/W 64GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 48GB free, PID 03cc Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	8.38% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 9.32 Mixed 19.8 20% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.68 67% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.38% Great: 21%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 6GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 136 Write 66 Mixed 89.1 113% 97 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 1.24 146% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 13.1 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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