Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 76 2-Core 149 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 355 40% 313 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 38 26% 33.1 fps	MRender 41.4 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 33.6 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 233 100 2537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (A6) Unknown 100 100 154 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 205 (A9) Unknown 100 100 21 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 194 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 257698037799 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19604 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11835 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12552	57.4% Above average	Read 453 Write 203 Mixed 269 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 3.75 73% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 3.75 45% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220079056 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 54 554209783812 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1542 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 622133284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114918 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 60129542180 (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 95979634179451 (F1) Unknown 100 253 179806048193 (F2) Unknown 100 253 131290022175	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 178 Mixed 159 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 892GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91332753 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 26174311846 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 27106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2137 (B7) Unknown 85 85 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065693 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 605356067 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 18 91332753 (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 -16282220985917 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3340837771 (F2) Unknown 100 253 335246612	63.7% Good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 95.1 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.62 136% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 32GB 3,902 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 18GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 31 Write 8.76 Mixed 11.5 18% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.78 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 1.03 83% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 3x4GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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