Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.84% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 120 60% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 213 28% 211 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2641) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 8.25 6% 7.91 fps	MRender 6.71 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 10.1 8% 8.98 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38661259341 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 49 219043332144 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107375624217 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 190 (EA) Unknown 100 100 365 (F1) Unknown 253 253 264 (F2) Unknown 253 253 286 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.3% Average	Read 463 Write 88.5 Mixed 163 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 3.32 47% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 4.31 28% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 71%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 297GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3250 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 36377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5920 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 487915549 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 521469983 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14199 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 29363 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	62% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.53 128% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 16JTF51264AZ-1G6D1 1x4GB 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns

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

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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 $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 $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