Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.44% 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	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '16 at 23:14
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 87.2 1-Core 48 2-Core 97.1 51% 77.4 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 249 26% 208 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E148) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.44% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 10 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 8.67 Splatting 13.3 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.44% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 40275186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 71210557771671 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1057 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 44 77312294941 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 77312294941 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 40275186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 40275186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 40275186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4562 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5729 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5729 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5144	29% Poor	Read 166 Write 90.5 Mixed 105 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 5.41 54% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 26.3 23% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3857994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -101404177856725 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 62 64428572698 (C2) HDA temperature 26 62 64428572698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3857994 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3857994 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3857994 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4992 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3197 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3197 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4678	48.4% Average	Read 475 Write 143 Mixed 200 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 10.7 66% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 41.5 29% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25263848 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1521 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62364917 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164175 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6157 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 154 692 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72602127176483 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14611292680 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17973239776	92.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 162 Mixed 120 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.43 171% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 47%

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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	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16