Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 04:27
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 60 2-Core 111 49% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 160 19% 149 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 103 Parallax 98.1 70% 95.3 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 93.3 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (A6) Unknown 100 100 37 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 234 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1287 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 114 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 52 223339741227 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 848 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 59702 (F1) Unknown 253 253 25392 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14965 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 436 Write 338 Mixed 393 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 22.3 92% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 48.3 50% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222043128 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26738618 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 689438753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 131855 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 77309411361 (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 -16252156243396 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5337440406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17954473357	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 177 Mixed 169 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 11 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 8.6 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 63%

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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	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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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