Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.5% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 14:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 134 58% 95 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 384 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.9 19% 20.6 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 17.6 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18438315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -137387413858832 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6941 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 924 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 37 73016868890 (C2) HDA temperature 26 37 73016868890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18438315 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18438315 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18438315 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13404 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19815 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19815 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24611	50.9% Above average	Read 453 Write 121 Mixed 173 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 11.3 69% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 42.6 53% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 644GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10764 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7918 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58070 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 24 (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	71.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 607GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 96.8 Write 100 Mixed 88.1 122% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 2x4GB 1,984 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 47%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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 $261	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 $182	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) $30	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