Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.13% 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	48% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 450-$80 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 50.6 2-Core 101 49% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 149 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 365D) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.13% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 11.8 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 13.2 11% 13 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.13% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 90 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638465 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 75 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4532	48% Average	Read 465 Write 247 Mixed 315 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 8.6 24% 9.96 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 44.6 61% 113 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 30GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 107 107 38686884281 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 72601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3314 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10132 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 240519020583 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	28.6% Poor	Read 47.4 Write 51.8 Mixed 49.3 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 40%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 28GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 9000 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12745 (05) Reallocated sector count 194 194 45 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1111 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 961838 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 38 (C4) Reallocation count 159 159 41 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 196 691 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 110 0	38.5% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 60.9 Mixed 72.7 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 13.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 51%

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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