Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 151 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 477 46% 377 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1627 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 88.4 78% 91.7 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 71.7 64% 79.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3888 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1954 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 24 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19129024696	89.9% Excellent	Read 488 Write 375 Mixed 399 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 37.1 131% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 69.7 75% 126 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 182GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221594217 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12962254466 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2854 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295033985 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 42949672985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 26 221594217 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52046413679842 (F1) Unknown 100 253 779900755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1287910863	45.4% Average	Read 79.6 Write 78.5 Mixed 75.8 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%
Samsung HN-M500MBB 500GB-$80 4,322 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 103GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8197 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 64 2858 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5713 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13926 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 66 66 34972 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5180 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 477 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 26 317828235290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 98050 (DF) Load/unload retry count 66 66 34972 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 97250	42.9% Average	Read 64.1 Write 85.2 Mixed 79.3 58% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 14.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 71%

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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 $57Bench 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 $46Bench 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 $46

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