Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	18.5% 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	36.3% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '15 at 21:27
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 75.9 2-Core 152 52% 114 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 524 47% 395 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5330 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.1 19% 20.4 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 17.4 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 44249339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 55027120999659 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1918 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 351 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (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 44249339 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44249339 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44249339 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5586 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9183 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9183 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21156	36.3% Below average	Read 154 Write 165 Mixed 106 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 8.98 64% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 9.77 14% 25.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 238GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 124 124 138 (03) Spinup time 115 115 12897878215 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3177 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3530 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 158914641948 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 91.6 Write 80.8 Mixed 57.6 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 233GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 9952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 29847 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 270583726105 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33.6% Below average	Read 49.9 Write 67.1 Mixed 39.6 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 45%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 82GB-$33 2,259 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 76GB free Firmware: PF2OA6EA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 327683 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 12898074821 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2911 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3163 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 249108824096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	32% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 55.3 Mixed 37 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.37 105% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 179GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 126 126 134 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3174 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3350 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 154619674652 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 76.8 Write 74.1 Mixed 23.9 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.41 92% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	9x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	49x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	12x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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

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