Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 18:38
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 102 48% 76 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 196 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E204) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 2.09 2% 2.3 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 1.77 Splatting 2.04 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 95 73 77 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 290 Write 224 Mixed 116 SusWrite 84.4 131% 179 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.3 377% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 171%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 449GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 93 70 74 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.1% Below average	Read 22.5 Write 104 Mixed 70 SusWrite 82 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.1% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 67%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical M5A97 PRO Builds (Compare 137 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	19x
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 $26Bench 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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