Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46.7% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	40.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 8 years and 0 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 12:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD Phenom II X4 960T-$145 1,055 User benchmarks - Average bench 41% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	SC Int 68.6 SC Float 46.5 SC Mixed 58.9 46% 58 Pts	QC Int 256 QC Float 155 QC Mixed 190 46% 200 Pts	MC Int 284 MC Float 171 MC Mixed 213 34% 223 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 31,110 User benchmarks - Average bench 47% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	46.7% Average	Lighting 129 Reflection 102 Parallax 166 44% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 151 Splatting 83.7 56% 116 fps
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 51%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$95 31,420 User benchmarks - Average bench 58% 58GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4577271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20066087207044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 37 64426934306 (C2) HDA temperature 34 37 64426934306 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4577271 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4577271 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4577271 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963441 (EA) Unknown 0 0 85 (F1) Unknown 0 0 85 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966098	64.4% Good	Read 499 Write 199 Mixed 240 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 16.8 86% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 48.1 66% 122 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$60 69,571 User benchmarks - Average bench 47% 30GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 14927069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -76373108450989 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 366 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 72 64429228066 (C2) HDA temperature 34 72 64429228066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14927069 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14927069 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14927069 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7578 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6269 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6269 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11830	40.2% Average	Read 176 Write 101 Mixed 97.3 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 13 76% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 31.1 44% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 64%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 500GB 139 User benchmarks - Average bench 24% 296GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 33.2 Mixed 33 43% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.37 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 8,826 User benchmarks - Average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.8 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 53%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $121Bench 57%, 69,569 samples	86x
FX-6100AMD $211Bench 43%, 8,466 samples	63x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $140Bench 42%, 10,032 samples	53x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 19%, 8,169 samples	32x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 181,240 samples	25x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 75,097 samples	23x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $139Bench 79%, 44,182 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $93Bench 95%, 140,759 samples	38x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 47%, 69,571 samples	31x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 36%, 18,252 samples	282x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 8,826 samples	139x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 9,632 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $93
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $220	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $235	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $30	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $137	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13