Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '16 at 17:51
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 X4 910e 214 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 36.8 2-Core 69.8 43% 61.9 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 123 16% 118 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E206) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 2 2% 2.26 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24836966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -131898445658982 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 28 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 35 77311705114 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 77311705114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24836966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24836966 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24836966 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1689 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1375 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1375 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2399	66.7% Good	Read 507 Write 155 Mixed 210 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 19.3 97% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 50.1 75% 139 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 593GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137747154 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21656510 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 8590065813 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521535519 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 31 137747154 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1537 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4999341939185 (F1) Unknown 100 253 677091794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1008561085	58.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 97.8 Mixed 97.4 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.44 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-006.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-006.A00LF 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 9.1 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 53%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	877x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	122x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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