Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39% 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	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 120 52% 85 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 281 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 59.5 41% 53.4 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 36.2 35% 44.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 167 158 64 56 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 480 Write 443 Mixed 375 SusWrite 126 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 44 148% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 180 155% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 235GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 38 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 84 Write 61.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 39.2 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 59%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 125 125 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 148 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 126 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 45 45 44 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 46 Write 40.7 Mixed 41 SusWrite 44.3 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-026.A00LF 4x8GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.5 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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