Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 23:24
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 21.6 2-Core 48.7 33% 45.8 Pts	4-Core 80.3 8-Core 136 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 40.7 27% 35.1 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 37.1 27% 32 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 518GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1116 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (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	85.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 105 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 29GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 86 86217885 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 13180322651 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2454 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 546 (BC) Unknown 100 97 65552 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 176 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 240300 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 45 86217885 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 60790967125495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1292344848 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2066918598 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	27.4% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 46 Mixed 38.1 33% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.34 70% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 49%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 16GB free, PID 0803 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 16.6 Mixed 5.12 20% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.36 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.56 54% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 7 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 66%

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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	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