Asus M5A97 EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '21 at 21:27
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 376 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 58.2 44% 58.7 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 51.3 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 119 121 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 356 Write 135 Mixed 187 SusWrite 120 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 32.2 116% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 141 106% 143 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 163 164 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 118 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 163 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 2R 2G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	24%	42	98	7	60	26.1"	1360 768	AOC2231 L22W931

History: Score 16: 1R 2G 5B | Score 37: 5R 3G 3B | Score 34: 4R 3G 5B | Score 22: 2R 2G 6B

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $275	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