Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 22:32
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 82 2-Core 163 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 510 50% 412 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 265 (03) Spinup time 171 142 8416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 862 (05) Reallocated sector count 162 162 1134 (07) Seek error rate 200 197 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34175 (C2) HDA temperature 128 99 24 (C4) Reallocation count 187 187 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 197 828 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 197 818 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 190 190 4080	77.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 140 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 519GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 152 7891 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 95 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1426 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164585 (C2) HDA temperature 128 88 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.5% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 62.3 Mixed 60.4 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 51%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 136 131 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3772 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2890 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3772 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 5955 (F1) Unknown 200 200 12495817343 (F2) Unknown 200 200 41403820394	48.3% Average	Read 88.3 Write 80 Mixed 86.4 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-083.A00LF Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Elpida EBJ20UF8BCF0-DJ-F Samsung M378B5673FH0-CF8 14GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.2% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 9.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 38%

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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 $295	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