Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	25.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 17:41
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 65.9 2-Core 121 58% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 388 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Zotac(19DA 2263) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.79% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 9 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 12.8 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.79% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingrichMsata3-32G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0527A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 852312 (A5) Unknown 100 100 857 (A6) Unknown 100 100 805 (A7) Unknown 100 100 832 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29065 (F2) Unknown 100 100 52025 (F5) Unknown 100 100 616713	25.1% Poor	Read 232 Write 37.7 Mixed 69.9 24% 113 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 2.01 45% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.9 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 2.01 9% 19.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 25%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 716GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170667832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77035284 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 4883546147 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22572 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 -140737488355293 (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 -36971078481444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14983370374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20921043220	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 180 Mixed 171 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 4,667 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 54%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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