Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.5% 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	69.6% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 129 59% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 434 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.5% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 53.5 Parallax 72.5 49% 62 fps	MRender 51.8 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 69.1 48% 56.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11276 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2181 (A6) Unknown 100 100 105 (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 100 100 216 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 50 214748758041 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1808 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 55348 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17336 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12343 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 430 Write 430 Mixed 335 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 14.3 83% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 14.4 18% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 444GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 89 54593304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4340631719 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2123 (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 554565659 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115125 (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 80835579484183 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18108518045 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21077149617	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 164 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 45%

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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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $512

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 $179	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