Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 82.9 1-Core 54.6 2-Core 100 51% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 139 21% 153 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 3153) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.2 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 12.3 12% 12.4 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 12 9% 11 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 768GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 4 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	99.3% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 152 Mixed 166 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.32 134% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 439GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5625072 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 411580536 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131344 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 672858148 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 5625072 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -96512210081188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1396951349 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2907405496	43.9% Average	Read 79.1 Write 73.6 Mixed 75.2 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 16.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 50%

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

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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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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