Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	45.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	649 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 124 52% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 381 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 SE 1,809 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Asus(1043 83F2) 1.5GB CLim: 927 MHz, MLim: 1042 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 10% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 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 158597623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -86208583556976 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 186 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 39 42952228892 (C2) HDA temperature 28 39 42952228892 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 158597623 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 158597623 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 158597623 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18967 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9106 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9106 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8525 (F4) Unknown 98 98 7077969	45.8% Average	Read 443 Write 197 Mixed 176 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 8.11 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 3.69 46% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 2.85 22% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 715GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149810008 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 762759 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5291 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (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 127315715555979 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6168307591 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4667318398	98.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 163 Mixed 129 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 338GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 81 196764711 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7610 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 100 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 90481888124 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4742 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6981 (BC) Unknown 100 99 385 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 41 1069901152281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 171574 (C2) HDA temperature 25 59 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 36 196764711 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.8% Below average	Read 70 Write 69 Mixed 67 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 43%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 255GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 164 161 6775 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2155 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115788 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 29 (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	50.6% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 87 Mixed 71.3 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 144GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	31.6% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 54.8 Mixed 54.5 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.47 111% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 36%
DISK 8GB 1,051 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 4.9 Mixed 6.85 10% 8.75 MB/s	4K Read 2.74 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.003 10% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 8%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 8GB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 3.25 Mixed 4.22 8% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 21% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 62%

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Typical M5A97 EVO R2.0 Builds (Compare 579 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $57Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $512

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