Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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. 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.9% 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	56.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130116
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 03:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (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-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 125 59% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 221 30% 222 Pts	64-Core 221 14% 221 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 3140) CLim: 973 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 49 Parallax 52.4 36% 48.4 fps	MRender 48 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 37.2 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z232 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (A6) Unknown 100 100 91 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 142 (A9) Unknown 100 100 265 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 138 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 261993005103 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1114 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19251 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6806 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5789	56.9% Above average	Read 430 Write 253 Mixed 331 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 4.09 65% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 28.2 52% 104 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186741744 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22479395 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (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 66 46 756416546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62793 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 51539607586 (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 -83438329657351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6254106782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95217789904	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 189 Mixed 177 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 6GB free Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 76 (03) Spinup time 116 116 17193107649 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2378 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6681 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519020582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.2% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 91.2 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 34%

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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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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 $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