Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '16 at 20:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 850 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 52.1 2-Core 106 48% 77 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 190 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3233) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.1001 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.1 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.6 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q 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 98 98 9600 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5421 (B1) Unknown 95 95 168 (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 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23351848556	49.6% Average	Read 452 Write 262 Mixed 356 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 7.96 46% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 7.9 18% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 86%
BUFFALO HD-PNTU3 1TB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 896GB free, PID 01e7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 96.2 132% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 11.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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) $37	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