Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.5% 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	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 16:37
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 155 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 448 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 32.8 22% 31.4 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 36.3 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 216 208 213 264 219 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 378 Write 150 Mixed 210 SusWrite 231 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 25 95% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 55.1 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 51.7 41% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 100%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 235GB free Firmware: JC4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 55 60 60 59 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 64 Write 50.8 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 58.2 37% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 64%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 187GB free Firmware: CC95 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 92 92 92 89 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 83.2 Write 27 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 90.6 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%
Toshiba HDWJ110 1TB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 561GB free Firmware: AX1P1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 91 91 91 89 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 85.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 90.4 53% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 19 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 14.6 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 50%

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Gaming 32%

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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