Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 01:39
Run Duration	345 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 39.4 2-Core 75.6 42% 63.4 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 224 23% 184 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 82EB) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 4.91 9% 8.31 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 6.3 6% 7.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8807 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6538 (B1) Unknown 96 96 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 39 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 245 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43220104753	67.5% Good	Read 476 Write 314 Mixed 331 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 19.1 86% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 97.4 DQ Write 54 DQ Mixed 30.3 35% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 407GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119490709 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4309065163 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 8129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 639303716 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 16 119490709 (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 -10161892590849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1732965314 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3222381485	46.1% Average	Read 77.6 Write 83 Mixed 82.7 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.51 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 76GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 86 97372305 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 532953896460 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11948 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 43 35067002922 (C2) HDA temperature 42 57 51539607594 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 48 161862631 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.6% Poor	Read 42.6 Write 46.3 Mixed 46.6 34% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 16GB 2,897 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 4.53 Mixed 9.1 14% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.41 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.92 95% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 61%

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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%

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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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Total price: $512

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