Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	30.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorÃ³w
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '15 at 11:54
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 65.5 2-Core 129 44% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 331 36% 286 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1005 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 48 31% 40.2 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 39.8 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36184 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 22 (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	31.2% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 37.4 Mixed 80 48% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 69GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 128 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4041 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2043 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66246 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 21 (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	80.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 126 Mixed 110 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174032723 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8103 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 203 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 808452466 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8862 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 42950331291 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 521404440 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 25769803800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 20 174032723 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76901389476370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2677183529 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3445946768	50.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 79.8 Mixed 49.5 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 72%
Kingston DTR30G2 16GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 14GB free, PID 16a2, Kingston DataTraveler R30 16GB USB 3.0 G2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 16.9 Mixed 22.2 27% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.62 63% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 37%

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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 $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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