Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.5% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 17:14
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 151 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 414 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 28 Parallax 30.9 21% 28.3 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 32.8 22% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9467659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -125052267780532 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3066 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 139 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 39 64427065370 (C2) HDA temperature 26 39 64427065370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9467659 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9467659 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9467659 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16444 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8870 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8870 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12789	55.6% Above average	Read 343 Write 161 Mixed 179 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 13.4 87% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 38.9 62% 117 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 14GB free Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9815222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 100244536695683 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2459 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 41 64427196444 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 64427196444 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9815222 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9815222 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9815222 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3614 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3614 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13280 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4915238	64.4% Good	Read 436 Write 196 Mixed 232 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 17.2 96% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 99.1 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 43.9 64% 115 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 85%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 97GB free Firmware: ZZ10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3008 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22137 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22339 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7641 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 23 (C2) HDA temperature 169 103 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 184886 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	38.3% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 78.9 Mixed 71.2 52% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 41%
Maxtor S TM3250820AS 250GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 133395826 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 57 86116511865 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10478 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 61 7894374 (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	22.5% Poor	Read 46 Write 32.2 Mixed 37.1 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 76%

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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 $129Bench 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 $269	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