Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 23:20
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 129 60% 96 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 284 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.7% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 33.2 23% 29.5 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 29.9 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 223GB free Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,238 Write 918 Mixed 1,018 235% 1,058 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 37.8 124% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 66.5 56% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 182 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 71 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1065225336
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 753GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131693833 (03) Spinup time 100 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15090920 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 59 42 99474735145 (C2) HDA temperature 41 58 55834574889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 33 131693833 (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 -135441793676931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3669513461 (F2) Unknown 100 253 548236572	49% Average	Read 90.6 Write 80 Mixed 94.4 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 70%
ASMT 2115 640GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 440GB free, PID 1153 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 77.6 Write 74.4 Mixed 58.5 88% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.34 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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