Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:00
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 72 2-Core 136 62% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 375 41% 325 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 75.4 69% 82.8 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 68.2 60% 74.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 359 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 106 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 63 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1650295047	72% Very good	Read 480 Write 378 Mixed 396 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 16.7 90% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 16.5 30% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 18GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1810 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 66 (A9) Unknown 100 100 309 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 565 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 44 188979413026 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 50 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 50 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4089577190 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10401550143 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	47.1% Average	Read 355 Write 191 Mixed 229 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 11.2 61% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 47.6 42% 64.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 139 139 4321837545 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 271 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929151520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 152 Mixed 146 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.23 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 89%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 719GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 516 (C2) HDA temperature 109 104 43 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 120 Write 97.4 Mixed 97.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.41 118% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 399GB free Firmware: CC9D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188065488 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1431895 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2267 (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 71 58 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28478 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 56 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68255620277668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18365867674757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6073955138868	72.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 90.8 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207127241 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 57 30078311541 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3223 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 4294967328 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 22 207127241 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 60795262102092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2738555915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1655752503	52.9% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 89.4 Mixed 81.7 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 51%

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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 $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