Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.1% 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	72.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 19:51
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 57.3 2-Core 108 50% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 279 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3682) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 56.9 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 62.5 46% 62.2 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 54.9 Splatting 54.2 48% 60 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3205 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 525 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 127294 (C2) HDA temperature 68 50 214749085728 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22362382776 (F7) Unknown 100 100 699322196 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3884944205	72.6% Very good	Read 484 Write 425 Mixed 459 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 20.3 77% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 25.3 34% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169573816 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1594470 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 759 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3655017169094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 776951827 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3362444349	94.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 154 Mixed 167 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.82 216% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 323GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 53931379 (03) Spinup time 99 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 43464655848 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4230 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 50 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 38654705696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 29 53931379 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 99.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.51 120% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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