Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	18.2% 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	41.5% 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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 07:02
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 88.8 43% 67.4 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 227 24% 195 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Gigabyte(1458 3515) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 25 Parallax 19.1 17% 21.7 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 22 Splatting 23.2 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Singe 240GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0207A SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 185 17 89 77 94 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 325 Write 193 Mixed 207 SusWrite 92.7 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 16 58% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 17.4 38% 81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 14GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 3.9 15 49 48 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 47 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 29.1 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 57%
WD WD7500AALX-009BA0 750GB 2,069 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 87GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 18 15 32 33 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 61 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 33.9 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 74%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 77GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 80 84 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 71.1 Write 68.4 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 81.5 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 65%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 61GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 37 30 30 30 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 48.9 Mixed 31 SusWrite 35.6 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 4x4GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 61%

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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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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 $175Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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