Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 10:40
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 119 59% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 379 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E101) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.18% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 3.97 5% 6.37 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 8.65 6% 6.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.18% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 618 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 418 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 63 61 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 197 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2222842884	95.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 395 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 41.1 131% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 105 111% 187 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 566GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 92 214375040 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5740 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 120 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4614898820 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7590 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 204 (BC) Unknown 100 98 103081050328 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21083 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7743826055952 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45951745001 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58190166353	74.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 129 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.86 230% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 9905474-001.A00LF 9905474-001.A00LF 6GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 1024, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	439x

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	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16