Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.3% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.65 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 158 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 348 39% 308 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 54.6 51% 59.9 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 62 Splatting 65.9 53% 64.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2276 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1764 (B1) Unknown 85 85 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1255 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14546947450	62.9% Good	Read 458 Write 257 Mixed 263 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 18.2 92% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 42.9 DQ Mixed 13.2 17% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 603GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 97 161322208 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 624166570 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 4 4 96 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163976 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138775 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 47 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3633542352633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10799340178971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32566857118567	93.6% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 174 Mixed 153 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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