Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.2% 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	67.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 15:37
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 136 61% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 376 39% 313 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3085) ≥ 4GB CLim: 948 MHz, MLim: 1187 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	48.2% Average	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 52.4 Parallax 70.3 49% 60.8 fps	MRender 51.2 Gravity 48 Splatting 68.5 47% 55.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2170 (A6) Unknown 100 100 104 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 361 (A9) Unknown 100 100 214 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 215 (AE) Unknown 100 100 214 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 50 214748758042 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1808 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 55254 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17291 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12292 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	67.2% Good	Read 412 Write 417 Mixed 384 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 13.5 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 11.4 16% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 543GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 89 170860512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4340066453 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 533 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 470941723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114879 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 30064771099 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69969312212998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17835624325 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20958694311	107% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 158 Mixed 153 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%

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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) $35	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