Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.3% 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	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 23:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 131 59% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 335 38% 299 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 48 Parallax 52.4 37% 48.6 fps	MRender 45 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 35.4 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13351904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 26542897892832 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1840 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 274 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 58 94493081631 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 94493081631 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13351904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13351904 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13351904 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 55834574849 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9398 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7672 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7672 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6652 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5308485	50.5% Above average	Read 476 Write 115 Mixed 129 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 12 77% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 10.9 19% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 170GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 140 288 (03) Spinup time 158 156 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5724 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6351 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 34 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.3% Below average	Read 65 Write 61 Mixed 63.9 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 60%
Samsung HD080HJ/P 80GB-$25 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: ZH100-34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 79 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4288 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19555 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5921 (BE) vendor-specific 115 46 41 (C2) HDA temperature 115 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7806 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 94 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	34.3% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 61 Mixed 58.9 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1866C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CML8GX3M2A1866C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 41%

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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	878x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	123x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
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	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353