Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 23:24
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 137 61% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 296 34% 262 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 4.56 4% 4.34 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 7.04 5% 5.75 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: X230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 176 181 169 138 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 393 Write 250 Mixed 127 SusWrite 173 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 28.8 108% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 118 117% 189 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 99%
TOSHIBA-RC100 240GB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 223GB free Firmware: ADRA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 364 352 361 353 229 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 456 Mixed 497 SusWrite 336 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 54.4 178% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 463 341% 451 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 177%
Sdlfncar -960G-1HA1 960GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 894GB free Firmware: ZZ37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 247 237 247 260 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 294 Write 369 Mixed 270 SusWrite 253 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 34.2 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 185 145% 201 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 97%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 87GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 69.3 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 150 147 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 156 Write 153 Mixed 104 SusWrite 147 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%
Seagate ST9280NM 0006-2B5101 9.5TB 8.5TB free Firmware: SN00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 210 205 213 225 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 16 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 51%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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