Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.82% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 94.5 49% 74.6 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 189 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PwrHis(1787 2266) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 8.19 9% 9.77 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Disk drive 120GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4394 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6632 (B1) Unknown 97 97 56 (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 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14743354256	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 467 Mixed 493 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 44.9 154% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 29 51% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 769GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151765741 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11345926 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 27 151765741 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56607668978353 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51565947 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3052097160	46% Average	Read 78.3 Write 81.9 Mixed 94.6 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.59 125% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF25664AZ-1G4F1 CT25664BA1339.M8FM 16JTF25664AZ-1G4F1 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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