Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '16 at 05:29
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 143 59% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 410 41% 333 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 85.9 57% 72.9 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 78.5 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 64485351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 106111462017637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 45 60132491292 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 60132491292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 64485351 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 64485351 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 64485351 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6093 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3486 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3486 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5871 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4653074	77.2% Very good	Read 515 Write 234 Mixed 260 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 21.8 113% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 64.6 87% 157 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 814GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 857 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 831 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 167 Mixed 164 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.37 146% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
ASMT 2105 240GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 74GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 252 Mixed 94.2 234% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 13.3 2,107% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 13.5 2,699% 33.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 234%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 3623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.34% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 8.28 Mixed 9.28 13% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.37 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.4 41% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.34% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 63%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16