Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 57 2-Core 110 51% 81.3 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 339 32% 267 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.6% Above average	Lighting 58 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 67.7 47% 67.8 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 75.6 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37240G 240GB 1,026 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 219GB free Firmware: 0C3G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (64) Unknown 100 100 5456 (65) Unknown 100 100 528 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 782 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 146030460962 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	50.6% Above average	Read 450 Write 195 Mixed 239 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 10.3 57% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 15.4 31% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 514GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187943840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 526903878 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3933 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 127882651250618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41889095037 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2035037283101	86.1% Excellent	Read 175 Write 125 Mixed 139 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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