Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	25.8% 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	57.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '15 at 01:09
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 58.5 2-Core 109 38% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 352 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 46% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 40.2 26% 34 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 35.4 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB-$145 368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1826 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 64427524131 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31525 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10233 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14738 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2360	57.3% Above average	Read 495 Write 228 Mixed 352 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 13.6 64% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93.5 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 13.3 33% 68.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 97%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 154GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 110 100 7491 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4939 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2946 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 218034 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (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	43.4% Average	Read 77.2 Write 74 Mixed 66.8 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 49%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 39GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1568 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2528 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (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	40.4% Average	Read 70.8 Write 69.6 Mixed 69.8 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 69%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 827GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 32.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 8.61 31% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.02 4K Mixed 0.36 186% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	439x

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	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16