Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 132 58% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 433 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.6 15% 19.1 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 18.7 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 14%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.2 80% 98 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 93.8 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (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 2039 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29034 (A5) Unknown 100 100 89 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (94) Unknown 100 100 62742 (95) Unknown 100 100 2182 (96) Unknown 100 100 1992 (97) Unknown 100 100 2091 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 329 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 238498 (F2) Unknown 100 100 279676 (F5) Unknown 100 100 464544	61.5% Good	Read 498 Write 317 Mixed 341 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 10.3 62% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 51.7 50% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$28 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 269GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 22788 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 125708161 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2512 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098515 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 447147671580 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 255086 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 46 22788 (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 -48120813576682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1423572289 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2814823442 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34.8% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 60.1 Mixed 59 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 43%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 201GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97828328 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 12906319500 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 429503283307 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454164507 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14300 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 42949672987 (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 -118158845278983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37217103634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15079282180	69% Good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1337DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1337DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1337DT1TX0. Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 55%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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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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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 $45	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