Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 11% 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14% 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	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 03:38
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 115 56% 87.4 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 283 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2441) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 14 Parallax 15.1 15% 15.8 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 18.9 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20765615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 51805895541284 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4323 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 45 64427458597 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 64427458597 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20765615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20765615 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20765615 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19125 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18953 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18953 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16693	35% Below average	Read 149 Write 128 Mixed 112 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 11.7 60% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 62.9 DQ Write 90.7 DQ Mixed 7.54 25% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0 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 188 188 6916 (03) Spinup time 242 167 2858 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5973 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1829 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21879 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 27 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3202 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 23	71.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 116 Mixed 108 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 673GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 242 170 2900 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19031 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93752 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 41 (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	59.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 94.9 Mixed 92 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO - $69

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	37x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $360

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 $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 $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