Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 126 61% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 284 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 85% 106 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 59 60 60 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 149 Write 79.5 Mixed 105 SusWrite 60.1 22% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 23.5 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 96.1 74% 103 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 51%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 60GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 241 196 148 102 90 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 412 Write 243 Mixed 158 SusWrite 170 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 23.8 106% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 53.5 88% 171 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 208GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 109 111 112 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 124% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL ECO DDR3 1600 C7 4x2GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.6 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%

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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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Typical M5A97 EVO R2.0 Builds (Compare 581 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 - $166

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	227x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	102x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	30x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	27x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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