Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 105 48% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 176 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.9% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 47.1 21% 43 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 51 Splatting 47.5 42% 51.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 49GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -31344670414124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 609 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 609 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56979 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56979 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106832 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2324	61.2% Good	Read 491 Write 232 Mixed 302 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 11.7 76% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 66.5 64% 103 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1036 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18126 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 30 (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	87.8% Excellent	Read 187 Write 120 Mixed 132 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 298GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 28.1 Mixed 27.5 36% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 42%
General 4GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.74% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 7.81 Mixed 3.85 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.93 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.74% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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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	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 $295	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