Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	89.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 122 54% 88.3 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 199 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372D) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 34.9 28% 31.6 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 31.6 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1941 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2483954665	89.4% Excellent	Read 503 Write 387 Mixed 409 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 33.9 127% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 65.7 72% 122 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 115%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 148 3541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 228945 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 91.7 Mixed 93.5 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 459GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4375 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 225 (C2) HDA temperature 105 90 38 (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
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 11.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 62%

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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	865x
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 $273	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