Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	28.4% 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	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 01:52
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 110 54% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 327 33% 268 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 1955) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 29.5 29% 32.5 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 31.1 Splatting 31.1 27% 32.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9185640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86328842649823 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 14 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 14 42 38657458190 (C2) HDA temperature 14 42 38657458190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9185640 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9185640 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9185640 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 488 (EA) Unknown 0 0 312 (F1) Unknown 0 0 312 (F2) Unknown 0 0 433 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4456513	50.4% Above average	Read 427 Write 96.5 Mixed 151 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 10 86% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 10.6 25% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 587GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 90 90 8508 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213258 (C2) HDA temperature 133 96 14 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.9% Below average	Read 84 Write 37.4 Mixed 73.3 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.11 46% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 217GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 158 886 (03) Spinup time 129 129 4541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 380 (05) Reallocated sector count 170 170 236 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 380 (C2) HDA temperature 128 119 15 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 236 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 67 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.9% Average	Read 94.4 Write 65.4 Mixed 88.7 63% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF Adata 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.2% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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