Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '16 at 15:04
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 138 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 449 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.1% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 50.5 33% 49.2 fps	MRender 54.6 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 42.9 36% 44.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WL1000GSA6472 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 60.0AB60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 165 6325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 555352096 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 85 (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	69.6% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 223 223 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3599 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 53167 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 206158757919 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 30 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	40.9% Average	Read 73.5 Write 69.2 Mixed 68 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 45%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$32 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 57GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149432643 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3125 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 622657571 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 94489280547 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 60 233615639 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 685 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40% Average	Read 69.3 Write 70 Mixed 67.4 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 42%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 26GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 17.5 Mixed 11.2 22% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.41 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.53 58% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	647x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16