Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.2% 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	67.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 127 58% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 440 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2339) 2GB CLim: 1160 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 33.9 23% 31.2 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 33.7 24% 28.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q 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 97 97 11844 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2388 (B1) Unknown 73 73 326 (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 76 60 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1226 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54485925105	67.4% Good	Read 481 Write 279 Mixed 307 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 18.4 86% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 48 56% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 163GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 28 Mixed 29 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.11 30% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 132GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16002653 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 189805650 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65567 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 421003289 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 42949672985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 24 16002653 (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 89060441868075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2493446068 (F2) Unknown 100 253 374068793	51.3% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 85.5 Mixed 86 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.57 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 68%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.39% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 6.59 Mixed 7.42 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.16 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 8% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.39% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 79%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 - $166

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	227x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	29x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16