Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.8% 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	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 48.9 2-Core 86.5 46% 70.6 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 297 28% 229 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 5000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 55 35% 42.7 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 37.3 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3156411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -116788750705273 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2978 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 42952556574 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 42952556574 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3156411 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3156411 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3156411 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15569 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15569 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16435	46.9% Average	Read 423 Write 109 Mixed 158 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 12.3 66% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 74 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 25.9 36% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 281GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2949 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5600 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 158 Mixed 151 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4529082640 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4085 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 25 0 (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 -115422951100438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3954445986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1523323448	45.1% Average	Read 77.8 Write 79.5 Mixed 74.7 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.58 108% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 88%
Disk drive 2TB 80GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.2% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 28.6 Mixed 28.6 37% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.71 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston 9905474-059.A00LF 8GB 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns

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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	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 $300	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