Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.8% 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	86% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 22:08
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 125 59% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 286 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 30.8 13% 25.4 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 28.7 21% 25.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 681 (B1) Unknown 99 99 41 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10238109065	86% Excellent	Read 494 Write 414 Mixed 367 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 32.9 114% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 69.8 68% 109 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 138GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6857520 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149605991 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2306 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 76 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 420806681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23268 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (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 6592774804822 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20748355580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135606183232	63.1% Good	Read 117 Write 102 Mixed 24.3 59% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-017.A00LF Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 9905584-017.A00LF Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 16.3 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 47%

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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	865x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	645x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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