Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.67% 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	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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 18:11
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	52%

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-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 89.5 46% 71 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 185 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 353E) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 8 Parallax 9.1 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 8.8 7% 8.47 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CL100-120-G3 120GB 1,092 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 47GB free Firmware: V3.33.S SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 111 105 120 127 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 293 Write 120 Mixed 130 SusWrite 120 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 7.8 34% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 29.6 44% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: AM0P7E SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 83 68 71 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 86 Write 96.8 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 78.4 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 60%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 102GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 62 60 59 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 56.1 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 60.6 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 39%
Generic USB SD Reader 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 0330 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 0.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 4.1 6% 5.95 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 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	25% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 38%

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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 $269	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 $40	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