Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.9% 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	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 02:55
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 98.1 52% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 216 24% 191 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 39 Parallax 34.3 33% 37.9 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 29 Splatting 32.3 24% 29.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14263447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -114667036863614 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 665 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 38 51542097951 (C2) HDA temperature 31 38 51542097951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14263447 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14263447 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14263447 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9772 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5677 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5677 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7820 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4587556	60.3% Good	Read 498 Write 206 Mixed 239 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 11.6 74% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 58.3 66% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 537GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 139 139 21493842174 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1230 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6012 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6012 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184684183587 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	86.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 26.7 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB Hynix HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 F3-1600C9-4GAB Hynix HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 46%

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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	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	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $352

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16