Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 149 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 439 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 350D) 1GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 13.3 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 11.7 11% 13.5 fps	MRender 18.9 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 17 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 226GB free Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (64) Unknown 100 100 32526 (A8) Unknown 253 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 1 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 697 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 77312426019 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 72 1 2606 (D4) Unknown 100 100 33772 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 562898208 (F1) Unknown 100 100 710824292 (F2) Unknown 100 100 342693245	83.7% Excellent	Read 505 Write 466 Mixed 484 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 32.6 101% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 63 50% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 63 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 100 99 0 (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 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 390734536
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 8283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 601 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 443138 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 33 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 113 Write 92 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 922GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201346544 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 122974547 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 810 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 567557554212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39354 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 60129542180 (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 94811403074138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80760558386 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90803315092	76.8% Very good	Read 167 Write 101 Mixed 137 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 629GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34388050350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 460 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214749478950 (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	76.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 144 Mixed 151 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 188GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 602 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 178473 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 38 (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 2	38.9% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 68.5 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.18 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 71% - Very good

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