Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.7% 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	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '16 at 05:04
Run Duration	416 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 67 2-Core 113 56% 88.2 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 365 36% 293 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 43.1 30% 37.4 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 38 27% 32.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 628GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 1271 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 143 (A3) Unknown 100 100 56 (A4) Unknown 100 100 27987 (A5) Unknown 100 100 43 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 315995 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 315438 (F2) Unknown 100 100 766759 (F5) Unknown 100 100 447792	73.8% Very good	Read 483 Write 421 Mixed 443 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 22.6 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 16.6 18% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 108%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 45GB free Firmware: 1.35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 4414856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -124270583716530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 27 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 4414856 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6976 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3584 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3584 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10624	32% Below average	Read 233 Write 64.2 Mixed 93.7 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 6.76 59% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 24.9 25% 38.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 49%
SanDisk Cruzer 64GB 3,567 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 55GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 13.5 Write 11.4 Mixed 9.29 14% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.49 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 1.23 110% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 17%
Amazon Kindle 5GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 5GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.73% Terrible	Read 13.4 Write 4.42 Mixed 5.93 8% 7.93 MB/s	4K Read 6.01 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.38 51% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. F3-1866C10-8GAB F3-1866C10-8GAB 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 45%

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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	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	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16