Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	48.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 17:11
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 59.8 2-Core 112 53% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 279 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 04BD) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	5.57% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 5.94 5% 7.77 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 9.43 Splatting 9.13 7% 8.71 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 5.57% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GSSD360S 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0226A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 151 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 38 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19820 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 465 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25078 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21888 (F5) Unknown 100 100 53110	48.7% Average	Read 344 Write 294 Mixed 147 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 2.45 54% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 4.47 17% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 82%
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 16GB free Firmware: S9FM01.9 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.3% Very poor	Read 141 Write 55.5 Mixed 19.1 16% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 2.96 23% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 47.7 DQ Mixed 3.09 12% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 66%
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 3TB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 118GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 262 Write 140 Mixed 177 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.8 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M5A97 EVO R2.0 Builds (Compare 579 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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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 $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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Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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