Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.1% 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	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 21:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 97.4 50% 77 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 211 26% 201 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 55.9 35% 46.4 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 36.4 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 270GB free Firmware: M0CR031 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 2117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 150325035038 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 874698128 (F7) Unknown 100 100 27369569 (F8) Unknown 100 100 15552972 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1937 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 413 Write 303 Mixed 302 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 20.4 75% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 44.4 67% 127 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 99%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 53562942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -89266600242284 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 53562942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 53562942 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 53562942 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37007 (EA) Unknown 0 0 39589 (F1) Unknown 0 0 39589 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18106	37.4% Below average	Read 181 Write 98.2 Mixed 104 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 12 65% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 28.6 45% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 257GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 35 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 75 68 7626 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2767 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42951 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 158914510876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2769	68.7% Good	Read 104 Write 135 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.46 107% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 9.2 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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