Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	29.1% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '15 at 19:35
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 63.2 2-Core 121 42% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 433 40% 337 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 46% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 46 29% 38.6 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 39.8 29% 34.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 11GB free Firmware: 0000 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.6% Very poor	Read 140 Write 42.5 Mixed 64.9 18% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.14 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 4.4 30% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 84.5 DQ Write 32.4 DQ Mixed 24.1 27% 47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 65%
Maxtor S TM3500630AS 500GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 130GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 85 64109811 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 808607284 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3727 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 589496355 (C2) HDA temperature 35 60 38654705699 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 55 110391137 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.3% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 42.1 32% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 42%
Maxtor S TM3500630AS 500GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 85 12058256 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 894540412 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3728 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 656801831 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 46 109378224 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.3% Poor	Read 56.1 Write 39 Mixed 41.7 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.31 64% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 42%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO - $69

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	37x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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

Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)