Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 17:15
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 128 57% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 263 31% 238 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 4.73 Reflection 4.42 Parallax 4.38 4% 4.51 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 56 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 81662650	62.2% Good	Read 450 Write 247 Mixed 267 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 13.6 85% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 12.8 33% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 114%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 233GB free Firmware: FH100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4352 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4626 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 57 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9401 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2242 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 218249 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1574361 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 133 97 789446691 (C2) HDA temperature 127 97 789446693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 218249 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 57 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 96 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	55.7% Above average	Read 99 Write 95 Mixed 95.6 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.39 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%
WD WD2000JS-00MHB0 200GB 2,544 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 51GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 187 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1385 (BE) vendor-specific 55 40 45 (C2) HDA temperature 105 90 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.7% Below average	Read 49.9 Write 56.6 Mixed 51.2 40% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3160828AS 160GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 44GB free Firmware: 8.03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 48 187450225 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 670315286 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10724 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 38654705706 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 48 187450225 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.6% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 40.9 Mixed 40.6 31% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 45%

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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	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 $269	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 $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