Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	62.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Memory 70.6 1-Core 24.8 2-Core 46.6 34% 47.3 Pts	4-Core 72.8 8-Core 67.8 10% 70.3 Pts	64-Core 81.2 5% 81.2 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: Press Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.9% Poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 71.7 17% 41.1 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 56.9 50% 61.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 200 207 205 201 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 427 Write 381 Mixed 192 SusWrite 216 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 17.7 85% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 188 132% 165 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 145GB free Firmware: 4.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 71 72 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 75 Write 35.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 70.2 41% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 13.7 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.2% 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 $79Bench 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	86x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	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