Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	81.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 79 2-Core 151 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 469 45% 372 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2191 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1303 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 468 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7423535963	81.3% Excellent	Read 493 Write 384 Mixed 407 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 21.4 121% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 20.6 26% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 808GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 92 154907464 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 120 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4619017415 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8478 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 94 94 6 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 205 (BC) Unknown 100 98 111671115995 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26740 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114190295474862 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48238815621 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61945419846	81.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 143 Mixed 121 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.61 203% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 1024, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.6% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 52%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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