Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.6% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '16 at 22:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 128 54% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 299 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 31.1 21% 27.2 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 25.5 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 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 119 99 211051776 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 241965845 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1411 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3999 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 55834574878 (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 40604620820824 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42771455676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1103558832955	64.3% Good	Read 128 Write 96.3 Mixed 124 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.11 42% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 292GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52554665 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42266780 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487981085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 12 52554665 (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 33191507291358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3863220 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2602775705	42.8% Average	Read 93.9 Write 55.3 Mixed 78.7 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. SLZ302G08-MDJHB BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. SLZ302G08-MDJHB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.4% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% 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	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	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16