Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% 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	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 1075T-$254 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 89.1 50% 74.9 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 250 27% 213 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1374 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 27 Parallax 46.8 30% 37 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 33.4 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1266 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 19 (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 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3096951834	69.5% Good	Read 483 Write 347 Mixed 379 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 20.3 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 18 21% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN5OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387526058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5081 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 214749478941 (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 200 200 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 110 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.48 134% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 79%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 9.66 Mixed 13.8 18% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.23 39% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 13 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 9 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 51%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO - $69

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	37x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $360

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