Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '16 at 14:58
Run Duration	2252 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 114 60% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 457 43% 359 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 21.4 Parallax 23.8 22% 24.2 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 27.6 20% 23.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK5076GSXN 500GB 603 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 59GB free Firmware: GB00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1948 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4184 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2047 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7756 (0A) Spinup retry count 183 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4129 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 48731 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 287764185130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8270 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 3158 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 329 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	0.72% Terrible	Read 1.94 Write 0.56 Mixed 1.28 1% 1.26 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.05 5% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 0.72% Great: 40%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: WU10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6272 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 25135 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 27 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34320 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13396 (BE) vendor-specific 106 49 44 (C2) HDA temperature 106 49 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 966908 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	20.5% Poor	Read 30.4 Write 40.7 Mixed 36.6 27% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.17 51% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 33%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 15GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7166 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7442 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.6% Average	Read 71.1 Write 70.1 Mixed 65.9 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 46%

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	52x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	43x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	133x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	85x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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