Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 13:07
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 128 59% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 422 39% 325 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 81 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 179 66% 116 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 142 Splatting 135 104% 125 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 113 33 132 33 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 351 Write 164 Mixed 214 SusWrite 110 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 24.2 90% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 110 110% 177 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 580GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 419 430 432 436 416 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 438 Mixed 432 SusWrite 416 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 42.1 137% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 21.5 52% 117 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 133%
USB Mass Storage Device 8GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 121c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.4 4.7 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 4.6 9% 8.62 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $273	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 $177	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