Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 16:47
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 154 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 464 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.3 56% 66 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 69.4 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 3029 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (64) Unknown 100 100 4135424 (65) Unknown 100 100 611312 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 2438 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 539 (B7) Unknown 96 96 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 197569740835 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7706 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3453 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6240 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6515 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	50% Above average	Read 468 Write 191 Mixed 212 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 6.46 54% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 21 36% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 82%
WD WD5000AZRZ-00HTKB0 500GB 1,537 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 106GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1098 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 718 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59087 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (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	56.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.1 Mixed 117 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 40%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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