Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 130 62% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 450 43% 355 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 106 63% 79.9 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 75 Splatting 71.2 56% 67 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -90924456741501 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3062 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2196 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 481072 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 481072 (F2) Unknown 100 100 469621 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16647	47.2% Average	Read 452 Write 78.2 Mixed 111 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 10.2 77% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 9.18 20% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 67 14966520 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107191491 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 15534 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131336 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 606208034 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 127363 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 104 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 104 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124223339111167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41919860338 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65708891432	85.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 148 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX 16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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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Total price: $512

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 $179	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