Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.6% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130916
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 13:54
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 134 58% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 377 39% 313 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2510 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 139 Parallax 135 94% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2522 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 140 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 73 55 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2762142521	64.8% Good	Read 432 Write 248 Mixed 259 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 21.6 92% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 39.9 48% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9228 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 601 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12236202264	77.6% Very good	Read 487 Write 374 Mixed 399 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 19.1 102% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 18.7 41% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3188 (C2) HDA temperature 125 114 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 133 Mixed 128 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 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 100 100 3261 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 1 9271 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1947 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36241 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1962 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244813856792 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 179 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 23 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2040	80.9% Excellent	Read 134 Write 148 Mixed 132 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 526GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193885592 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9083717 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 4732157978 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40936 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55619826491299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6543912520 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6546278124	82.3% Excellent	Read 176 Write 111 Mixed 111 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 112%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 264GB free, PID 0701 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 112 Write 91.5 Mixed 85.1 119% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.07 40% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 46%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 69%

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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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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 $179	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