Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '21 at 21:32
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 144 66% 105 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 416 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1160 MHz, MLim: 2020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 90.7 59% 76.6 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 46.6 50% 63.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 115GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 125 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 128 Mixed 72 SusWrite 127 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 171 182 179 177 181 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
GB0250EAFYK 250GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 61 64 72 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 70.9 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 163 162 163 166 170 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 87.2 Write 122 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 165 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 537GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 201 202 202 204 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 151 Mixed 90 SusWrite 203 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 131 Write 42 Mixed 53.5 80% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.6 235% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 15.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 51%

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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 $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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