Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.4% 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	60.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 13:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 122 59% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 383 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 32.4 21% 27.9 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 26.7 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 128GB-$71 1,277 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 80 72 68 64 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 382 Write 123 Mixed 136 SusWrite 71.3 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 24.3 105% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 135 117% 178 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 445GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 96 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 85.8 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 94.3 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 270GB free Firmware: CP100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 76 78 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 68.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 76.1 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 77GB free Firmware: CP100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 54 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 46 Write 60.5 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 54.3 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 63%

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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