Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.7% 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	22.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 18:47
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 (99^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 121 59% 92.5 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 414 39% 326 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PwrHis(1787 2305) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 21.5 18% 19.8 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 19.8 14% 16 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingrichMsata3-32G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 8GB 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 100 100 396 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 854689 (A5) Unknown 100 100 859 (A6) Unknown 100 100 807 (A7) Unknown 100 100 834 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (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 29804 (F2) Unknown 100 100 53157 (F5) Unknown 100 100 618323	22.8% Poor	Read 234 Write 41.2 Mixed 70.4 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 1.98 35% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 1.89 9% 19.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 25%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 683GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33532752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77359053 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1277 (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 72 54 4766367772 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22715 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 -140737488355300 (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 109869558401506 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15388565062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21026921652	114% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 187 Mixed 174 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBNT Micron ITC F3-10666CL9-4GBNT Micron ITC 16GB 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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