Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.6% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 20:25
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	5%

Watch Gameplay: 480 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 73 2-Core 141 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 444 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 83.6 56% 73.6 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 56 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5053 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (A5) Unknown 100 100 227692839633 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 210454577188 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3483252032299 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2321 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7450 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5579 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5742 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.5% Above average	Read 374 Write 209 Mixed 202 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 8.67 67% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 9.89 38% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 755GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 52166715 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20188213 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 521273374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 635 (C2) HDA temperature 30 11 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 52166715 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 13829794696168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5648634330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9244361201	98.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 150 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%
Maxtor 6Y160M0 164GB-$117 776 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 151GB free Firmware: YAR51BW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 202 201 14540 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 4319 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 242 32894 (09) Power-on hours count 127 127 9689 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 245 245 3185 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1937 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 192 7 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 247 36 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 195 188 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 55 Write 57.8 Mixed 58.7 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	36% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 40%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A97 R2.0 Builds (Compare 2,814 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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