Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 13:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 97.6 46% 73.2 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 192 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.3 80% 103 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 97.9 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 589 689 72 75 285 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 767 Write 840 Mixed 815 SusWrite 346 156% 692 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 53.5 177% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 444 312% 393 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 253%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 865GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 190 199 194 194 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 145 Mixed 83 SusWrite 189 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 566GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 93 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 102 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 0GB free, PID 1666 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 82.7 Write 25 Mixed 38.2 52% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.3 94% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9.1 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 85%

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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	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 $273	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 $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 $45	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