Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.8% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '16 at 15:11
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 80.8 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 93.8 48% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 188 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 42.1 29% 36.5 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 37.1 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT480M500SSD1 480GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 62 163208757283 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 119554877 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3755485 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2471256	55.7% Above average	Read 451 Write 383 Mixed 424 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 8.48 45% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 24.2 DQ Mixed 8.21 9% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 447GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3988 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3471 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 136 Write 147 Mixed 144 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.34 136% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 213GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896829609 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1171 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1589 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1589 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210454970403 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 166 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 74%

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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 $57Bench 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	28x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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