Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.8% 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	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 01:17
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 63.4 2-Core 127 60% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 255 34% 252 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.3 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 19.8 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5349 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1142 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 21 (EB) Unknown 99 99 311 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19088670427	67.7% Good	Read 468 Write 311 Mixed 332 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 14.8 88% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 93.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 14.9 34% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 118%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 88GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11820 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3234 (E8) Unknown 100 100 27978624850 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	76.5% Very good	Read 414 Write 387 Mixed 385 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 30.8 104% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 14.8 32% 61.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 146GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141427104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14889135 (09) Power-on hours count 98 97 2063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 16841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 4766105628 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35563 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14774687500782 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15841156634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14350815787	72.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.13 51% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 101GB free Firmware: 3.AFM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 329272427 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 11136 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 430 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 32 69295591063586 (C2) HDA temperature 34 68 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 51 106054451 (C5) Current pending sector count 34 34 1370 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 34 34 1370 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	16.6% Very poor	Read 46.2 Write 11.7 Mixed 17.6 19% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 42%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 80GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19937 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11184 (C0) Power-off retract count 191 191 7392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4942 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	43.2% Average	Read 137 Write 13.4 Mixed 23.9 42% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $32Bench 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 $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