Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	53.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 19:17
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	41%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 119 55% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 439 37% 322 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% PwrHis(1787 2350) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1002 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 45 Parallax 52.3 36% 47.2 fps	MRender 44.9 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 32.6 31% 39.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 40%
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PwrHis(1787 2335) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.15% Terrible	Lighting 6.07 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 8.06 5% 7.5 fps	MRender 6.76 Gravity 5.53 Splatting 7.65 6% 6.65 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.15% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12880833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 42348377550375 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3894 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 978 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 2752542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12880833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12880833 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12880833 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18763 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20278 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20278 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19435	53.7% Above average	Read 476 Write 134 Mixed 200 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 13.5 70% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 41.2 55% 100 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q 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 99 99 924 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 375 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 622158924	67.6% Good	Read 478 Write 278 Mixed 315 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 19.4 90% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 42.6 49% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 118%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 4483408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -28020366628906 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3083 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 80 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 81 5308443 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4483408 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4483408 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4483408 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3687 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3531 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3531 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8361	57.3% Above average	Read 491 Write 150 Mixed 219 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 13.9 78% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 48.9 59% 103 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 406GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7354 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7354 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (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 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47% Average	Read 82 Write 81.4 Mixed 79.4 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.8% 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 $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 $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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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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