Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	17.6% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 07:23
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 61 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 77.8 39% 60.8 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 219 22% 182 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 35.8 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 16 13% 16.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7KM240HAGR-00005 240GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXM1003Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9085 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 601 (B1) Unknown 99 99 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1931 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 55 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 193 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28804550007 (F2) Unknown 99 99 28470196002 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65535 (F6) Unknown 100 100 65535 (F7) Unknown 100 100 65535 (FB) Unknown 100 100 35130013600	72.8% Very good	Read 470 Write 397 Mixed 458 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 25.3 86% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 69.9 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 22.7 29% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 845GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1703 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1098 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 171 Mixed 165 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.34 134% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.M16 BLS8G3D1339DS1S00. 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 24GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.9% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 4 11% 3.93 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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