Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120426
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 122 53% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 388 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F7) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 40.6 Parallax 57.1 37% 47.5 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 38.3 38% 46.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 91GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3536 (03) Spinup time 150 146 3466 (04) Start/Stop count 68 68 32523 (05) Reallocated sector count 188 188 96 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 73 73 27505 (C0) Power-off retract count 168 168 24323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2799587 (C2) HDA temperature 111 85 32 (C4) Reallocation count 139 139 61 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.6% Average	Read 74.2 Write 70.7 Mixed 67.8 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 51%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 387 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 80 5518 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9331 (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 19720 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5724 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9947 (C2) HDA temperature 59 40 257698758697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 95 93 219 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 93 93 328 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 883 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 19720 (F1) Unknown 93 88 10721003 (F2) Unknown 93 88 10658306 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	65.5% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 95 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.5% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 96 42% 96 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $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