Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '16 at 21:17
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 59.1 2-Core 108 52% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 303 31% 251 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3221) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 52.1 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 36.7 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 295GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 61 10083 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 21071 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19027 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2684 (B5) Unknown 97 97 82775703 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 11881 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 171799216163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 42 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 21247	67.3% Good	Read 101 Write 134 Mixed 88.6 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.25 65% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: CP100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40084 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4243 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 139587034 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 7340690 (BC) Unknown 100 100 40 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 36 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 139587034 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 22	39.5% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 70.4 Mixed 64.6 51% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 97GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72024797 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 186263641 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197001 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 572063774 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 22 72024797 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17	51.6% Above average	Read 81.4 Write 98.5 Mixed 81.8 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 87%

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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	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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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