Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 03:50
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 120 53% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 370 37% 301 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PwrHis(1787 2346) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 6.66 4% 5.8 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 4.83 4% 4.41 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 580GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32959648 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99081630 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1056 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3738 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 47244640287 (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 -71399536325019 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24706819335 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26468806502	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 187 Mixed 177 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1140 1TB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 334GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 24.4 Mixed 17.4 28% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A00LF 9905471-061.A00LF 9905471-061.A00LF 9905471-061.A00LF 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.7 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 39%

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Gaming 23%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16