Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '21 at 21:09
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 142 60% 99 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 430 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 17 Parallax 161 91% 96.9 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 116 Splatting 70.2 72% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$42 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 173 222 223 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 493 Write 221 Mixed 278 SusWrite 174 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 28.9 97% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 146 102% 129 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 115%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 95GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 65 70 126 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 449 Write 315 Mixed 281 SusWrite 133 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 17.9 68% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 40.4 46% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 668GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 110 111 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 191 Write 165 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 110 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 114%
Intenso Rainbow Line 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 12 11 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 11.6 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 99U5471-054.A00LF Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

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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	228x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	102x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 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	30x
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 i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363