Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 07:54
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 131 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 382 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 57.4 48% 61 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 53.8 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 12023603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 45629732562038 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 481 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 65535 (C2) HDA temperature 25 80 60134785049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12023603 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12023603 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12023603 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5375 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4712 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4712 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4827	36.1% Below average	Read 191 Write 94.3 Mixed 97 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 10.7 64% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 83.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 30.1 40% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188945400 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55926322 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 34881011738 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79336 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (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 -109062104544490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37291234500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34625868609	73.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 117 Mixed 96.8 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer 124GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 31GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 10.8 Mixed 21.1 23% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.93 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.95 52% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 77%

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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	866x
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	119x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16