Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 14:06
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 131 55% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 400 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.2 38% 48.7 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 60.8 48% 58.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22291515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -98131412762639 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2857 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 884 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 64 47248834600 (C2) HDA temperature 40 64 47248834600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22291515 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22291515 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22291515 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24223 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9855 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9855 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15398	46.6% Average	Read 409 Write 73.5 Mixed 123 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 11.3 77% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 91.9 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 22.7 33% 61.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 69%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3970 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (64) Unknown 100 100 1293120 (65) Unknown 100 100 351456 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 122 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 769 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 695 (B7) Unknown 99 99 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 1005023199272 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2236 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1799 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2050 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5285 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 449 Write 171 Mixed 178 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 7.93 58% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 20.3 38% 77.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 43GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 29775 (03) Spinup time 174 168 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2814 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 43 (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	35.2% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 64.2 Mixed 50.7 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 13GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1560 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2976 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4688 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 50 50 36977 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16305876522 (F2) Unknown 200 200 26342306007	51.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 76.6 Mixed 67.3 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-015.A00LF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 55%

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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	877x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	649x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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	122x

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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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369