Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 01:53
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 50.2 2-Core 92 48% 74 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 227 24% 191 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 3059) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.25% Terrible	Lighting 2.67 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 4.5 2% 3.61 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.25% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13272011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 30554397346507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1839 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 361 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73017065503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13272011 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13272011 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13272011 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4366 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5370 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5370 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6686	49.9% Average	Read 439 Write 105 Mixed 162 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 15.1 69% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 42.3 53% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 81%
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 966GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 67 9980 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3112 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3245 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (B5) Unknown 99 99 24861037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504707612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 266 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3149	52.2% Above average	Read 73 Write 109 Mixed 60.4 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 51%

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

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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) $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