Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 09:21
Run Duration	436 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 111 51% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 256 28% 223 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 46.7 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 39.5 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 69013607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -118154550292180 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2053 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 69 25774325791 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 69013607 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 69013607 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 69013607 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14230 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8660 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8660 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19048	53.5% Above average	Read 488 Write 134 Mixed 178 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 9.57 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 10.9 26% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 83%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3421 (03) Spinup time 177 168 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 404 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18584 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 204 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 59 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 96.4 Mixed 96.1 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4639 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 942 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6685 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 30 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 145 Write 126 Mixed 123 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.46 140% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 76%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 153GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5220 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 41407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2971 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 386859030 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 470745114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 361824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 894 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0
Poor: 27% Great: 59%
Maxtor 6E030L0 31GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 5GB free Firmware: NAR61590 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 218 191 14210 (04) Start/Stop count 248 248 11617 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 1 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 239 40754 (09) Power-on hours count 195 195 26644 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 176 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 240 240 5313 (C0) Power-off retract count 249 249 4489 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 248 248 20484 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 6529 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 197 195 4 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 222 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 226 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 189 186 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	2.41% Terrible	Read 3.92 Write 3.94 Mixed 3.94 3% 3.94 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.41% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CML4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.7% Below average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.8 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 41%

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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 $90Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16