Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 25.9 2-Core 54.4 36% 50.4 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 316 30% 252 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 844D) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 15.5 12% 14.4 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 14.8 15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 122GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4786 (03) Spinup time 129 126 4541 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5413 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5310 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5411 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 36 (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 200 200 663 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51% Above average	Read 88 Write 89.7 Mixed 92.1 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93560440 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 295520557 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3407 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BC) Unknown 100 93 34360262958 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 740163621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24382 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 98784247845 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 1282 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30434138267100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59889740823 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1628460668299	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 173 Mixed 161 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 39%

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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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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