Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 59 2-Core 120 54% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 388 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 59.4 Parallax 82.1 24% 57.1 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 80 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1617 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8616018270 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 289 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279173791778 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1099517198592 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1616 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3594 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3065 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3229 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 412 Write 171 Mixed 251 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 17.1 89% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 41.8 62% 119 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 796 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 157 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2625573556	94.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 377 Mixed 406 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 40.2 141% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 80.8 86% 145 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 134%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 189 9416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1372 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66999 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 28 (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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 127 Mixed 132 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 74GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 156 5041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2279 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2279 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 31 (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	29.3% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 50.1 Mixed 60.4 41% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.36 105% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 61%

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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 $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	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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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 $182	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) $30	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