Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '16 at 12:47
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (49^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 118 55% 88 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 412 38% 318 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 74.1 67% 80 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 66.7 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 57GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 79645873537943 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 90197655593 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1253 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1143 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1143 (F2) Unknown 0 0 955	112% Outstanding	Read 1,170 Write 680 Mixed 822 197% 891 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 10.5 69% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 10.3 29% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 172%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 743 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40252496 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 33 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 889 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1065 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40119038	70.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 424 Mixed 440 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 12.6 82% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 11.6 16% 29 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 291GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 589825 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 38687408627 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6409 (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 99 99 11241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2135 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6590 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6590 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 244814184481 (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 9505	37.7% Below average	Read 66 Write 65.1 Mixed 68.8 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 171GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 100 100 55880385205 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2508 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3445 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 279173922853 (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 200 200 1	39.1% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 68 Mixed 43.8 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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