Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	94.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 14:02
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 (18^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 66 2-Core 127 53% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 382 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E213) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.9% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 13.5 8% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 9.03 Splatting 16 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.9% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6778 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 144 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13030964971	94.1% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 381 Mixed 411 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 37.9 136% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 87.8 96% 163 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7127 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1079 (0A) Spinup retry count 107 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 436 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261994250291 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 273 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 563 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	92.3% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 172 Mixed 134 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 92281272 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 238226180 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 76506252454086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 8651408302 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 688717859 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32539 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 47244640291 (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 -6949257081566 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39529017616 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60605001925	70.3% Very good	Read 108 Write 137 Mixed 82.1 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 142GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 85796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 564 (C2) HDA temperature 100 84 43 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 92.3 Mixed 88.3 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 104GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 108 98 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 102 102 295017 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 81.9 Mixed 69.2 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.4 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 44%

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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	866x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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