Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.6% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 143 60% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 429 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.6% Above average	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 76.5 62% 77.3 fps	MRender 76.9 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 60.1 55% 68.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2359320 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 964 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 46 197570068507 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 574 (EA) Unknown 100 100 597 (F1) Unknown 253 253 592 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.3% Good	Read 415 Write 306 Mixed 281 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 17.4 87% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 36.9 44% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 121%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 346GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 114 99 7300 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3746 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1956 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 244404 (C2) HDA temperature 120 95 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 72.5 Mixed 78.6 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 69%
PI-239 USB 2.0 Drive 320GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 47GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 33.1 Mixed 8.63 30% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.15 16% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL CML16GX3M2A1600C10 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%

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Gaming 38%

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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 $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	28x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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