Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.4% 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	68.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 22:36
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 52.6 2-Core 103 50% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 271 28% 228 Pts	64-Core 225 14% 225 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% ASRock(1849 5001) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 31.3 20% 28.4 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 33.1 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1211 240GB SSD 754D117-820 877 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 273 272 268 209 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 365 Write 285 Mixed 236 SusWrite 243 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 28.7 94% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 164 138% 199 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 320GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 139 134 136 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 137 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 54%

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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 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO - $69

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	37x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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