Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.9% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 02:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 242 31% 234 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 38.8 38% 39 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900208 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 75 75 230 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786470 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1786	66.8% Good	Read 314 Write 435 Mixed 413 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 7.29 78% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 11.3 42% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 29.5 Mixed 28.8 22% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.52 159% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 117GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 92 6969759 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 933616616 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1015 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 403963928 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 55 154149607 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.2% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 49.2 Mixed 54.3 39% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.6 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 54%

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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 $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