Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.9% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 137 56% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 432 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 35.9 23% 32.1 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 37.5 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 49GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2666062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 -117527485039848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 77 1013617328159 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2666062 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2666062 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2666062 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31639 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20155 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20155 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13229	28.5% Poor	Read 191 Write 84.8 Mixed 116 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 9.13 47% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.5 DQ Write 28.5 DQ Mixed 18.4 20% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 83%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 13015 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 479 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4325506 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184685166628 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17637 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13218 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11290 (F4) Unknown 100 100 66 (F5) Unknown 100 100 130 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4565696	68.1% Good	Read 496 Write 350 Mixed 421 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 13.9 71% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 13.8 43% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 114GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124953768 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26735118 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 67 454426650 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67750 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 96383361099624 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25247604804 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88813539287	56.5% Above average	Read 94 Write 103 Mixed 75.2 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 96%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 162 6775 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18703 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 6 6 69278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18619 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	32.8% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 53.3 Mixed 55.5 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33427256 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4037 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164334605 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1549 (BE) vendor-specific 72 66 488177692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4046 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 133 Write 71.6 Mixed 96.1 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.15 47% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 27GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9440 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6934 (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 87 87 65625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 73 387121173 (C2) HDA temperature 77 72 403767319 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 254401787 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 87.2 Write 82.6 Mixed 57.3 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 58%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 201GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 83.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 67.9 74% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 72%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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