Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 10:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 133 61% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 433 40% 333 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 70.9 61% 73.9 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 70.7 56% 68.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 80006651707221 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1710 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1506 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 548928 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 548928 (F2) Unknown 100 100 509934 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19965	46.6% Average	Read 477 Write 118 Mixed 171 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 6.91 65% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 40.3 30% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 80%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 519GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 132 132 12896698535 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2723 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184684904482 (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 1	90.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 165 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 482GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59944472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62675677 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1711 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 4884398114 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 93829 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 -140737488355294 (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 -79482664771903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -79324402907134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -87439785953966	96.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 163 Mixed 135 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16