Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '20 at 16:40
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	55%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 64.1 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 114 48% 80 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 266 29% 228 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 4012) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7 Parallax 1.44 3% 4.17 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 3.03 Splatting 6.13 5% 5.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 29 28 31 31 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 420 Write 344 Mixed 313 SusWrite 57.2 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 33.6 110% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 157 127% 181 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1.5TB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 255 255 257 257 258 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 450 Write 418 Mixed 370 SusWrite 267 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 39.5 128% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 175 151% 223 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 118%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 329GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 65 65 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 90.8 Write 42.3 Mixed 48 SusWrite 65.1 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 63%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 299GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 76 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 81.8 Write 42 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 71.7 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 644GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 90 91 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 93.7 Write 89.7 Mixed 60 SusWrite 89.7 112% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-069.A00LF BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.9% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 10.7 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 49%

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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 $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) $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