Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 17:57
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 146 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 315 35% 277 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1155) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.44 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 3.97 9% 8.63 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 8.3 Splatting 7 7% 8.15 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4653104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 282 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 66 283469021215 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835492366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 304 (EA) Unknown 100 100 356 (F1) Unknown 253 253 316 (F2) Unknown 253 253 103 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54% Above average	Read 476 Write 116 Mixed 177 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 13.9 80% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 51.8 DQ Mixed 26 38% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 100%
JMicron 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 818GB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 28.1 Mixed 12 28% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.4 66% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 38GB free, PID 5581 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 164 Write 67.5 Mixed 91.6 122% 108 MB/s	4K Read 7.07 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 39%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 8GB free, PID 5575 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	9.29% Terrible	Read 15.4 Write 5.8 Mixed 7.66 11% 9.63 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.83 96% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.29% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GB 1,614 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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