Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	13.6% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '14 at 03:41
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 53.6 2-Core 106 36% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 206 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 42% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4890 127 User benchmarks, average bench 12% AMD(1002 0502) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 11.2 15% 14.4 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 18.6 12% 13.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 9 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 917 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 30 128850591773 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 349 (F1) Unknown 253 253 226 (F2) Unknown 253 253 93 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.3% Very good	Read 425 Write 425 Mixed 363 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 19.6 90% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 62.1 68% 116 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 378GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 210 8883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2073 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1665 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2072 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 91.7 Mixed 67.2 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.57 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 65%
WD WD3201ABYS-01B9A0 320GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 14GB free Firmware: 13.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 152 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4340 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1481 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4340 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 73 Write 74.6 Mixed 54.8 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%

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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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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