Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	91.5% 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	86% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 120 55% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 259 30% 233 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte G1 Gaming CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 140 87% 122 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 114 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6392 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1232 (B1) Unknown 98 98 36 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19217002849	86% Excellent	Read 486 Write 379 Mixed 400 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 34 123% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 55 60% 102 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 307GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132396464 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223329956 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131337 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 538509343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65816 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 55834574879 (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 -119735098267242 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38068692561 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77459683061	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 181 Mixed 173 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.14% Terrible	Read 15.8 Write 3.38 Mixed 4.32 8% 7.85 MB/s	4K Read 4.57 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.004 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.14% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x4GB 13,050 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.8% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 88%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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