Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.1% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 12:50
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 117 53% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 273 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 0984) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 36.8 26% 32.4 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 32.2 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G1SA754D117-551 120GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 80592 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 41 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 830 (EA) Unknown 0 0 65 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4758 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3936	78.3% Very good	Read 500 Write 301 Mixed 366 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 27.8 106% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 67.4 78% 134 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 997GB free Firmware: SC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158406432 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 51 128858638500 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (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 64 40 43572133924 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19488 (C2) HDA temperature 36 60 68719476772 (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 -4574140163209 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19600860546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11614802410
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 461GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 194 189 3275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 79 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 467 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52% Above average	Read 96 Write 85.3 Mixed 84.2 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%
Samsung HE253GJ 250GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 221GB free Firmware: 1AJ3 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 56 56 2094 (03) Spinup time 84 84 4926 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 113 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22717 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 176094773282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 22717 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1167736 (F2) Unknown 100 100 702571 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	76.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 132 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 0.63 168% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 326GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 95.2 Write 89.1 Mixed 80.2 112% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 36%

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Gaming 23%

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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	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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16