Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.47% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 10:58
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 107 55% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 178 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 0356) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.861.0.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 6.06 6% 7.49 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 5.13 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6303 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1053 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8670856510	78.1% Very good	Read 394 Write 318 Mixed 325 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 22.2 113% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 57.9 85% 161 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 46GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 89 162990610 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49646032 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6248 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 690356265 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 68719476777 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 60 10170369 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.9% Poor	Read 58.9 Write 38.2 Mixed 48.1 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 43%

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)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 12.7 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 51%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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