Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 14:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 520 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 200B) 3GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 74 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 72.8 60% 74.1 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 77.2 63% 77.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SH00R1TB 1TB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 874GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0110A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 343 407 409 410 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 498 Write 402 Mixed 386 SusWrite 368 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 27.4 124% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 0.4 59% 142 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 99%
Hitachi HTS723225A7A365 OPAL 250GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 205GB free Firmware: ECB6B80M SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 86 Write 87.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 90.3 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 122 118 117 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 118 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 137 137 135 135 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 87 Write 80.7 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 133 60% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 75%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	102x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16