Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.3% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 01:15
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 136 65% 103 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 484 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 5,957 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 73 Parallax 63.7 60% 70.1 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 69.8 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 128 122 123 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 425 Write 186 Mixed 181 SusWrite 129 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 29.9 105% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 229 178% 246 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 246GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 103 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 102 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX186* 0D3/4G Corsair CML8GX3M2A1866C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G Corsair CML8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.8% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 14.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

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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%

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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16