Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29% 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	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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 122 59% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 272 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2848) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29% Poor	Lighting 34 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 38.9 28% 34.5 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 34.9 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free Firmware: MK7O 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38686228960 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3070 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3070 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 214749282344 (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 200 200 0	48.4% Average	Read 84.9 Write 83.4 Mixed 67 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151226000 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 768255301 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 689831971 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11053 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 47244640291 (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 30593052074906 (F1) Unknown 100 253 86907809297 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61213695135	67.2% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 112%
Multiple Flash Reader 32GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 6361 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 12.4 Mixed 15.4 19% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.4 48% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%

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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	866x
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 $269	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 $40	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