Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 05:39
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 74 2-Core 147 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 439 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 51 34% 44 fps	MRender 54.1 Gravity 49.1 Splatting 36 37% 46.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 50 148 127 4.4 21 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 424 Write 323 Mixed 295 SusWrite 98.6 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 14.8 60% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 40.1 44% 74.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 917GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 120 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 119 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 13GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 7.8 5.6 6.7 5.8 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.89% Terrible	Read 1.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 6 7% 4.68 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.89% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

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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%

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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