Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.1% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 20:51
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.25 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 48.1 2-Core 95.3 48% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 253 28% 221 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2991) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 12.7 12% 12.6 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 12.5 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12035395 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 94506460386619 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1998 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 234 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 1005025820711 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12035395 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12035395 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12035395 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9788 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7891 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7891 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9324	39.2% Below average	Read 254 Write 107 Mixed 98.5 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 6.48 70% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 9.36 23% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 251GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193847682 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8686480114 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3956 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 572260381 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 94489280541 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 24 193847682 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28299539530465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2394258531 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2864300297	49.8% Average	Read 79.9 Write 93.4 Mixed 29.7 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 2x4GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 59%

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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	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $134	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