Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 16:01
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (57^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 106 54% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 333 32% 264 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 21F1) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.06% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 1.56 1% 1.45 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.35 1% 1.22 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.06% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 61295321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -33629593926728 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 61295321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 61295321 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 61295321 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 854 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1085 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1085 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1564	30.4% Below average	Read 144 Write 58.6 Mixed 80 21% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 7.74 68% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 10.8 16% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 52%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 223GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 172 160 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 120179 (C2) HDA temperature 111 70 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	41.6% Average	Read 72.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 24.9 41% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.36 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 12.2 Mixed 15.6 21% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.46 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 1.19 115% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $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