Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25% 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	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 18:34
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 63 2-Core 106 54% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 302 30% 245 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	25% Poor	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 41.2 26% 33.6 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 33.2 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8255528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 75222057224916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 37 81606803485 (C2) HDA temperature 29 37 81606803485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8255528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8255528 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8255528 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5648 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3688 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3688 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2845 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4259897	43.6% Average	Read 406 Write 107 Mixed 120 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 11.3 63% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 92.7 DQ Mixed 20.8 26% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 561GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 451 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8727 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 36 (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	89.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 145 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.35 117% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 19GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10303 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3555 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2507 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3456 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 184 18	42% Average	Read 72.3 Write 74 Mixed 62.5 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 4GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 90 219984243 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81993069 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6349 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 639893542 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 66 227914902 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0
Poor: 11% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.9 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 73%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	436x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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