Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 11:01
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 133 53% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 372 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Nano-$450 504 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Gigabyte(1458 22C6) CLim: 1010 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 53.5 Parallax 93.9 54% 71.3 fps	MRender 53 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 68.8 52% 62.1 fps
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5816 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 935 (B1) Unknown 94 94 114 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 77 77 23215 (EB) Unknown 99 99 199 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17987798008	84% Excellent	Read 478 Write 364 Mixed 391 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 31 122% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 49.9 57% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 221GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8099 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 77 3453 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3623 (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 14442 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 419 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3191 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2440 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 32 300647841825 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 63 63 20039 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 12766 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 419 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 267769	50.9% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 91 Mixed 87.7 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 402GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 29.8 Mixed 25.5 36% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 7.07 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.4 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 67%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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