Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120426
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 04:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 115 55% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 358 36% 291 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2763) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.4% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 30.2 21% 26.8 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 28 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2351 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 744 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2195590046	75.7% Very good	Read 485 Write 377 Mixed 400 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 20.1 105% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 61.2 DQ Mixed 54.7 40% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 354GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 81 81 19228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23351 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (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	42.2% Average	Read 66.9 Write 80 Mixed 94 61% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 74%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AC01122 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3230 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9800 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 81 81 19265 (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 78 62 370147350 (C2) HDA temperature 77 59 403701783 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6135405 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	46.9% Average	Read 81.7 Write 81.3 Mixed 80.9 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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