Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 04:13
Run Duration	5305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 108 52% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 372 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 65.3 51% 63.1 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 108 Splatting 96.3 91% 114 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB-$240 416 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 100 100 784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (B1) Unknown 100 100 147060 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 197361 (F2) Unknown 100 100 120664	72.8% Very good	Read 463 Write 381 Mixed 418 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 26.1 83% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 62.6 60% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 378GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175691208 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 703 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10847237 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 555352093 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2199 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 44998372361753 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15096199349 (F2) Unknown 100 253 220330902541	55.3% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 98 Mixed 89.5 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.56 186% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 283GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45702408 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9806779 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 538509339 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1546 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (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 -377957120395 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12235038476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62850140471	61.8% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 95.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.49 4K Mixed 0.51 178% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 20GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73584734 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11874 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 86 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70277105 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 12885098664 (BD) vendor-specific 40 40 60 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 31 73584734 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 177 184 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105334072912292 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3930458860 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3558564248	35.2% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 60.1 Mixed 60.6 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 70%
Sony Card R/W -MS 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 01bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 19.2 Write 14 Mixed 14.2 19% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 1.12 91% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1866-MR 2x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 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	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 71%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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