Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.1% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 02:26
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 975 1,372 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 57.2 2-Core 115 57% 88 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 229 31% 229 Pts	64-Core 229 14% 229 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 17.1 15% 16.7 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 18.3 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11110707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 19713899909505 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 341 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 73 1078041575446 (C2) HDA temperature 22 73 1078041575446 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11110707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11110707 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11110707 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24460 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8067 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8067 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6143	75.4% Very good	Read 517 Write 144 Mixed 184 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 21.4 129% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 50.2 74% 141 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 774GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 227007878 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1733008 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 77 370475030 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 498 (C2) HDA temperature 22 13 55834574870 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 227007878 (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 41072772252088 (F1) Unknown 100 253 940512726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 851044195	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 183 Mixed 150 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.31 105% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 577GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 92.6 Write 101 Mixed 75.5 115% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 14 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO - $69

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	37x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $360

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