Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 11:52
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	67%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 130 62% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 354 36% 290 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 65.1 61% 71.5 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,549 Write 3,054 Mixed 2,997 713% 3,200 MB/s	4K Read 217 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 148 590% 167 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 469 348% 465 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 75GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 278 278 276 276 276 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 292 Mixed 400 SusWrite 287 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 46.4 156% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 184 157% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 173 173 174 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 77.2 Write 115 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 172 71% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 60 SusWrite 124 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 622GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 97 98 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 95.5 Write 92.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 96.5 112% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%

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 (88^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

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Typical M5A97 Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $76Bench 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	86x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16