Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Graphics	13.9% 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	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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '15 at 06:26
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 52.7 2-Core 99 35% 75.8 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 282 29% 236 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E177) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 15.4 15% 15.9 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 18.3 12% 14.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 897GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 77 91013990 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9425 (05) Reallocated sector count 67 67 1359 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 318212211330 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 51959 (BC) Unknown 100 92 219046805607 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 504561694 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 16 91013990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 68 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 68 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 140 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16127602223091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 595819451 (F2) Unknown 100 253 457722288	70.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 111 Mixed 107 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.44 107% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 816GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20852 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 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	85.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 128 Mixed 126 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.36 130% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 139 139 12897419402 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 235 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 154619936797 (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 200 200 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 139 Mixed 118 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 41.1 Mixed 17.9 41% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.44 66% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 19%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 64GB-$15 170 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 54GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 250 Write 127 Mixed 126 190% 167 MB/s	4K Read 5.63 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.84 80% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 75%

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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

Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)