Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.6% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 126 54% 89.1 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 272 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2935) CLim: 1175 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 34.8 23% 31.9 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 34 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 88.8 Write 81.3 Mixed 86.5 19% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 16.9 78% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 66.8 56% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 313GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 105 107 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	65% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 98 SusWrite 106 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 1x8GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.8% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 6.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 34%

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Typical M5A97 EVO R2.0 Builds (Compare 581 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $184	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