Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.7% 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	82.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 05:37
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 102 53% 81 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 204 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.9 19% 20.6 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 17.6 18% 22.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17720 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81935184 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 72 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3595 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3805 (F9) Unknown 100 100 159305924	82.7% Excellent	Read 431 Write 425 Mixed 412 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 25.8 100% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 71.4 88% 157 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 279GB free Firmware: 3.AAK 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 105 86 115584176 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 28388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 401882763 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 68590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4684 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 622526499 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 55 228895978 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 76.7 Write 77.7 Mixed 72.5 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 43%

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 below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.2% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 13.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 10 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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