Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 96.3 53% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 286 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.9 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.8 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-3112A 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30060P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9202 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (64) Unknown 100 100 9849153 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 16 (B2) Unknown 100 100 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 880 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13008 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 5111841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 4294967295 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 1 389 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7525 (EB) Unknown 100 100 8868 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10191 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11793 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2260379	89.9% Excellent	Read 493 Write 448 Mixed 392 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 31.9 116% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 82.3 83% 135 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 120GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 70GB free Firmware: 365A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 8734536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -62045097540749 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 99 8734536 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16000 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9792 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9792 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19392	36.8% Below average	Read 196 Write 64.3 Mixed 76.5 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 13 69% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 30 43% 79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 548GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147345320 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 51 30070203592 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1541 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 47933620264 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5606 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 -140737488355288 (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 -108701327284308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24492257428 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33320899999	98.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 162 Mixed 106 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 545GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 66 66 10930 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3675 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 554369056 (C2) HDA temperature 67 58 587923489 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38% Below average	Read 61 Write 71.2 Mixed 47.3 45% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 62%
Corsair Voyager GT 3.0 32GB 30GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 101 Write 9.52 Mixed 16.4 36% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.46 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.25 47% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 13.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 90%

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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 $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