Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	11.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 130 56% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 429 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.8% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 52 32% 50.2 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 49.7 45% 56.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 4TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 81 82 79 85 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 84.5 Write 347 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 83.2 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 2.2 10% 4.23 MB/s	DQ Read 6 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 10.3 7% 8.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 48%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 128GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 507 577 560 527 555 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,038 Write 782 Mixed 837 SusWrite 539 179% 799 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 52.4 178% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 466 348% 465 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 340%
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 3TB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 624GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 82 81 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 76.5 Write 69 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 80.8 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 139 140 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 136 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 139 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 83%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 97 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 104 Write 79.5 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 99 112% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 54%

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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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Typical M5A97 Builds (Compare 316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

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 $134	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