Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.9% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 12:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 393 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 50.6 34% 40.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 37 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9272562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 107520211294541 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1353 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 316 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 66 51543932963 (C2) HDA temperature 35 66 51543932963 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9272562 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9272562 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9272562 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15697 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9938 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9938 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17117	44.8% Average	Read 429 Write 153 Mixed 163 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 7.47 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 7.63 51% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 29.5 37% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 164 2500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1682 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1630 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 32 3934812176421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1343 (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	82.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 131 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 894GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 73.6 117% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%

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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