Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.4% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111024
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '16 at 00:57
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 112 52% 82.3 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 251 28% 221 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 49.7 Parallax 55.2 36% 49.8 fps	MRender 48.2 Gravity 39 Splatting 38.1 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17745 (A5) Unknown 100 100 72 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8385 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 184508 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200658 (F5) Unknown 100 100 283920	77.4% Very good	Read 478 Write 414 Mixed 454 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 27.5 89% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 60.6 60% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 177GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2493 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	59% Above average	Read 118 Write 87.2 Mixed 92.8 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.51 139% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 14.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 101%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $75Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16