Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.53% 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	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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	2.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 125 53% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 372 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 7.66 6% 6.37 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 7.52 5% 5.58 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SSD 120GB 3,562 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 100 100 302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 88 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13892 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37026 (F5) Unknown 100 100 27784	61.9% Good	Read 467 Write 330 Mixed 399 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 20.5 66% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 56.4 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 36.6 33% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 93%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 571GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 304 (03) Spinup time 110 106 7475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2076 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 204465 (C2) HDA temperature 122 103 25 (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	58.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 94.1 Mixed 94.3 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 129GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1999 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5612 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 27 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 151 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.36 144% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 36GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 157 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1434 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22326 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.9% Poor	Read 54.3 Write 39 Mixed 36.5 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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