Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.2% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111024
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 00:38
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 123 56% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 260 29% 230 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 54.5 37% 50.1 fps	MRender 49.4 Gravity 40 Splatting 38.2 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30234 (A5) Unknown 100 100 91 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14187 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 316816 (F2) Unknown 100 100 246767 (F5) Unknown 100 100 483744	79.9% Very good	Read 501 Write 422 Mixed 460 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 27.3 93% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 58.4 60% 99 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 548GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 2 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3767 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 34 (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 6	68.3% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.47 153% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 13.5 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 101%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $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