Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.9% 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	56% 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 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 19:34
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 52.2 2-Core 103 52% 80.3 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 293 30% 244 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 27.6 23% 26.9 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 30.3 22% 26.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A 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 95 95 10265528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -59356448026510 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 42 51 68722819114 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 68722819114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10265528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10265528 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10265528 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6144 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4171 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4171 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4314 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4063271	56% Above average	Read 436 Write 114 Mixed 152 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 15.4 91% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 78.7 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 32.2 47% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 75%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 81 5468 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3136 (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 9720 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2874 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684445728 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4570 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3152	62% Good	Read 97.7 Write 118 Mixed 92.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.45 117% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 77%
TOSHIBA MK2555GSX 250GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 31.6 Mixed 31.4 41% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.24 44% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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