Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	52.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '15 at 20:54
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 66.1 2-Core 130 45% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 454 42% 351 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 80.3 53% 67.7 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 74.9 52% 61.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 605GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 600 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 473 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 141 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
WD Elements 10A8 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 131GB free Firmware: 1042 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 119 4633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1300 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12549 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.4% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 63.4 Mixed 57.4 48% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 55%
WD Elements 1042 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 125GB free Firmware: 1007 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 161 (03) Spinup time 174 164 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6123 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1263 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65054 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 51.7 Mixed 39 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.12 31% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 55%
Hitachi HTS545012B9SA00 120GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 8GB free Firmware: PB1OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 206 206 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2557 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 84429 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 206159282201 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37.2% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 55 Mixed 51.7 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 44%

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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	872x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	647x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)