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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 21:00
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$85 313,196 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 (81^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 140 59% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 434 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 39.4 36% 42.1 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 35 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$18 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 17968 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47694327572 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 488439837 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 41 17968 (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 34230889353673 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2523267969 (F2) Unknown 100 253 540586577	58.9% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 107 Mixed 98.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.46 94% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 88%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 334GB free, PID 25a2 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 99.9 Write 82.3 Mixed 63.8 100% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR8GU16H5128-33 2x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 53%

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Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,895 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	892x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	666x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	450x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	87x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	81x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $369

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