Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 16:46
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 134 59% 95.7 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 412 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 375.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 116 Parallax 180 68% 126 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 170 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44494548 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 199494804 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 2052 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 555089952 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 30064771104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 27 44494548 (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 101485782254723 (F1) Unknown 100 253 218093808 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3457084088	63% Good	Read 122 Write 97.8 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%
WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 14GB free Firmware: 33.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 195 0 (03) Spinup time 121 119 2466 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10608 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6767 (C2) HDA temperature 118 82 29 (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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	31.3% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 52.9 Mixed 54.1 41% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 36%
WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 7GB free Firmware: 33.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 78 0 (03) Spinup time 120 119 2516 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8077 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5313 (C2) HDA temperature 115 85 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	27.5% Poor	Read 46.7 Write 48.4 Mixed 46.6 36% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.52 132% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 36%

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 (59^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 101%

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

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 $182	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