Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 13:43
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 115 56% 88 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 256 29% 227 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 2617) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.46 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.17 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.74 2% 2.07 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2367 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1580578767305 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 40 257698037802 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 652837650584 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 673 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4284 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1741 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2796 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 13GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23565 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2434 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23433 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 29 197569085469 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 23 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1167406001 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1155655457	44.1% Average	Read 431 Write 264 Mixed 289 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 7.61 4K Mixed 6.67 36% 10 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 80 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4381832013 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098505 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 537919519 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 26 80 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79843442015641 (F1) Unknown 100 253 208436018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 580664174	40% Average	Read 70.2 Write 69.2 Mixed 68.9 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.62 111% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 88%
Drobo 17.5TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 16TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 27.5 Write 17.5 Mixed 19.9 26% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 4.68 4K Mixed 0.35 173% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 54%

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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	871x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	647x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16