Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 13:38
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 74.2 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 86.8 45% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 236 28% 215 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% PNY(196E 1312) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 79.9 68% 81.6 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 73.2 69% 86.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 664GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 74 74 70 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 374 Write 68.2 Mixed 109 SusWrite 73 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 16 66% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 77.2 71% 111 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 11 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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	28x
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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Total price: $512

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