Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.4% 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	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 16:14
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 76 2-Core 152 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 471 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 52 Parallax 61.8 38% 53.6 fps	MRender 51.2 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 40 36% 44.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8100841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -101060580470423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 45 77312360474 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 77312360474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8100841 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8100841 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8100841 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5101 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2072 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2072 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2856 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3407919	54.4% Above average	Read 515 Write 98.9 Mixed 151 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 9.26 82% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 28.5 42% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 73%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 210GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 104 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 26 5301 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1721 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34008 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 249108758552 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 709 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1847	69.8% Good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 111 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.41 113% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 77%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 230GB free Firmware: V54O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 116 116 25789858130 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4894 (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 95 95 36972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3932 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6321 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 249108299804 (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 200 253 2	31.9% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 54.8 Mixed 52.6 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 40%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 164GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25791037765 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3106 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4325 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 240518758425 (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 4	80.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 143 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 164GB free Firmware: MS1O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 88 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897091773 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2086 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2233 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 223338889242 (C4) Reallocation count 76 76 608 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.1% Excellent	Read 135 Write 144 Mixed 137 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 35%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,829 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	646x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16