Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% 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	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 22:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 67 2-Core 132 61% 97 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 292 34% 261 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.54 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 39 33% 37.4 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 37.7 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdtr 128GB-3DL 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q061 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 100 100 113 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4632 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (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 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4408 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10877 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12956 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4890	53% Above average	Read 486 Write 224 Mixed 254 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 2.6 58% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 2.62 26% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 76 (03) Spinup time 253 253 38662242406 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 89 917504 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 383 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 163209936923 (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 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 112 Write 98.5 Mixed 133 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 18 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 69%

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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 $75Bench 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: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	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