Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	52.6% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 21:25
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 109 49% 79.3 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 221 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 68 Parallax 88.9 54% 74.4 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 55.6 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 200GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68138378 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1045 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48848023 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098375 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 639303716 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 12 68138378 (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 -69630009773711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4209372136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3731260161	46.8% Average	Read 103 Write 60.5 Mixed 76.8 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78032840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 308645292 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1551 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032841 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 588775454 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4144 (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 110277580297346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52793794122 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1192167914612	75% Very good	Read 143 Write 119 Mixed 133 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.11 44% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%

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	33.2% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 11.7 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 4 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 39%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Total price: $353

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