Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	29.1% 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	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 17:30
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 68 2-Core 122 59% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 382 38% 307 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 44 30% 38.1 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 37.5 27% 32.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2161 (AB) Unknown 80 80 36474192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 437 (D2) Unknown 100 100 517 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16829 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16012 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1657082200	84.5% Excellent	Read 484 Write 450 Mixed 451 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 32.7 98% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 78.6 77% 124 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 183GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 1280 (03) Spinup time 188 167 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2889 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92869 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 196 1111 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 90 171	32.7% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 55.6 Mixed 63.1 45% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 90 90219602 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 132343014 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2367 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 950 (BC) Unknown 100 11 833236369610 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 622133283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 19 90219602 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 77389 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54460185340699 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1683086034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2950184954	54.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 96.2 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.58 119% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 68%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 59GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18324 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 36 (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	60% Good	Read 121 Write 88.1 Mixed 88.9 74% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41705337 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45361098 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3466 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 167506280488 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 555024417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 41705337 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 109 32258 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40544491243275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 99607864 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1606667051	53.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 84.7 Mixed 73 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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