Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 19:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 75 2-Core 138 58% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 390 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 112% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 126 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 202 227 209 225 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 446 Write 243 Mixed 147 SusWrite 212 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 21.2 85% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 52.2 72% 136 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 85%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 25GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 63 60 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 293 Write 66.1 Mixed 104 SusWrite 63 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 17.4 65% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 54.2 DQ Write 22.1 DQ Mixed 32.5 26% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 77%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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	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 i5-13600K $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 $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