Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.2% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '16 at 18:31
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 237 32% 237 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 39.8 29% 35.7 fps	MRender 43.1 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 35.6 32% 40.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: X354 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1354 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77361840801 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 147 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 219044249636 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1151068012812 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1444 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1752 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1294 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2830 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.4% Good	Read 460 Write 302 Mixed 333 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 17.1 104% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 15.6 22% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 92%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 660GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 45 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10806 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 849 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 96 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 336 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 75 57 421003289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 240631 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.1% Above average	Read 69.8 Write 105 Mixed 84 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220288004 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72222498 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2396 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 63 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 22 220288004 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 112712826761359 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1138902344 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1889161259	71.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 114 Mixed 108 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2000G 2x2GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 12 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 47%

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	647x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16