Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 24% 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 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.2% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '16 at 16:09
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	28%

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 Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 35.9 2-Core 92.8 45% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 227 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 62.7 56% 66.9 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 53.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mrsad4h1 20GZC25C70 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MRV1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 61881777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 134698764349695 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2174 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 728 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 61881777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 61881777 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 61881777 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24195 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24831 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24831 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22106	59.3% Above average	Read 469 Write 136 Mixed 182 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 14.4 90% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 36.6 56% 105 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%
Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 2TB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 538GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 2308616 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 314284528 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3916 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BC) Unknown 100 93 34360263438 (BD) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 622395427 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 605 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7307 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 6 2308616 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23295902599045 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3224180917 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2245725573	52.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 71.1 Mixed 47.3 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.05 23% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28859640 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4353373577 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 672989219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58072 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 42949672995 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9602 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6459630822313 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27000237867 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48313747524	104% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 164 Mixed 148 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 468GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 32.4 Mixed 11.8 31% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-400.A00LF 8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 51%

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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	866x
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 $269	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