Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.9% 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	90.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 81 2-Core 153 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 509 49% 406 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 083D) 1GB CLim: 650 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 12.2 11% 13.9 fps	MRender 19.8 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 15.8 13% 16.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4359 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 440 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 66 44 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9199225612	90.7% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 376 Mixed 400 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 38.1 135% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 69 73% 121 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 134%
WD WD5000YS-18MPB1 500GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 931GB free Firmware: 09.02E09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 218 5333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 44 (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	78.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.86 208% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 40%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 167 5350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1339 (C2) HDA temperature 109 87 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 133 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.35 4K Mixed 0.84 207% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 69%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 783GB free, PID 2101 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 34.5 Mixed 20.7 37% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.11 19% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 18%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 289GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 62.1 Write 62.4 Mixed 50.5 74% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SLA302G08-GGNHC 4x4GB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 59%

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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	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