Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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	34.6% 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)
Boot Drive	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 16:08
Run Duration	588 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 124 60% 94.9 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 220 29% 218 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 49.8 34% 43 fps	MRender 52.7 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 34.6 36% 44.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. 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 110 110 32042853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 38062000187551 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1462 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1086 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 55838244895 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32042853 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32042853 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32042853 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10663 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9062 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9062 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6686	39.4% Below average	Read 254 Write 89 Mixed 122 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 6.67 64% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 14.2 41% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 80%
Xlr8_pl0 60AB 60GB 30GB free Firmware: 320A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3530546 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 128 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21818433882262 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2787 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3530546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3200 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3584 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3584 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9408	37.3% Below average	Read 118 Write 67.7 Mixed 101 21% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 13.2 84% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 23 36% 69.7 MB/s

WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 195GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3003 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3681 (C2) HDA temperature 112 81 31 (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	61.7% Good	Read 117 Write 98.1 Mixed 105 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.36 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 988 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4511 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 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	62.1% Good	Read 127 Write 88.7 Mixed 85.3 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.34 126% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%
USB 2.0 Flash 2GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3.93 Mixed 6.27 9% 9.31 MB/s	4K Read 5.28 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 21% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 6%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.27% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 5.68 Mixed 7.58 10% 8.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.68 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.11 21% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.27% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x4GB 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 74%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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