Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11% 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.
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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). 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	8.7 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 06:33
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 114 53% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 240 27% 213 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.2 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 22.7 11% 15.7 fps	MRender 6.76 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 13.5 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 179836749 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 773502099 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 55101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1292 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 554958879 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 53 55281568 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.7% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 59.9 Mixed 62.8 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 68GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208278390 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 126495228 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 471007259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 20 208278390 (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 20985210240068 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3459007818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4215293032	51.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 70.9 Mixed 82.5 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 68%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0048 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.97% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 8.22 Mixed 8.64 14% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.93 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.005 19% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.97% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5773CH0-CH9 14GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.4 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 23%

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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	869x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16