Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 59.1 2-Core 111 52% 82.4 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 300 32% 258 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2054 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 95.4 Parallax 85.8 69% 88.4 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 93.7 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13817 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1597 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 42 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 77 77 22910 (EB) Unknown 99 99 559 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42803989856	70.7% Very good	Read 480 Write 318 Mixed 334 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 20.1 92% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 45.8 50% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 118%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2634 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 180 180 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 223 (C2) HDA temperature 58 58 180389609514 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56344	52.3% Above average	Read 327 Write 314 Mixed 326 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 8.54 51% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 39.7 50% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 89%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2706 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 177 177 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C2) HDA temperature 61 55 193274642471 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46700	59.4% Above average	Read 486 Write 311 Mixed 333 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 9.54 56% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 44.8 50% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 63%

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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	869x
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	187x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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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Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16