Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.7% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 23:23
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 135 59% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 394 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.7% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 48.8 Parallax 43.3 39% 46.7 fps	MRender 58.6 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 37.6 38% 47.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 272GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1949 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 276 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 74 63 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2068859633	84.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 458 Mixed 485 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 21.6 108% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 87.4 72% 97 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -4174707302652 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 313 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 313 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 623204 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 623204 (F2) Unknown 100 100 517363 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14267	61.5% Good	Read 485 Write 207 Mixed 277 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 13.4 94% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 12.1 20% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 95%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 54GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2188 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 68539 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4375143 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 5 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1011388960 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	34.6% Below average	Read 255 Write 78.1 Mixed 125 33% 153 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 6.31 62% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 45.9 36% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%
LaCie P9230 2TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 106e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 173 Write 179 Mixed 158 219% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.32 69% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 63%

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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	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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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