Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.6% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 16:44
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 109 52% 82.4 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 277 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 320B) 2GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 41.8 36% 42.5 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 33.4 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 803GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183876984 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 68947772108 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065673 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2158 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 144 5618856 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129742372088435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36415442241 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57010386479	64.3% Good	Read 103 Write 120 Mixed 91.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.76 215% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 94%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 536GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 8225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 173816 (C2) HDA temperature 122 96 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	70% Good	Read 115 Write 129 Mixed 116 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 95 25166720 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 454899799 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 588578851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1016 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 60129542179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 53915 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55138790128096 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50396560570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 345455818294	67.3% Good	Read 88.4 Write 145 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.62 191% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 70GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 417 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12747 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 545 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130359 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 28 (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 200 196 683 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	33.5% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 50.9 Mixed 51.2 42% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 67%
WDC WD30EZRX-00D 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID 1066 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 86.6 Write 95.1 Mixed 62.6 104% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 73% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.1 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 76%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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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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Total price: $358

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