Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 11:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 810 2,243 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 87.9 1-Core 41.8 2-Core 83.1 48% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 167 18% 143 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160316CS 160GB 1,670 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 77 86 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 90.5 Write 96.2 Mixed 45 SusWrite 79.7 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 53%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 130GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 74 71 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 91.8 Write 97.9 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 70.8 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-125.A01LF 9905403-069.A00LF 9905403-069.A00LF 6GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.3% Below average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 13.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%

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

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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 $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 $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