Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 22 2-Core 94.6 37% 60.3 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 320 31% 256 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 11 Parallax 14.3 12% 13.5 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 12.4 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 352 Write 295 Mixed 246 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 14.9 54% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 127 110% 163 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
Kingston SVP200S37A60G 60GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free Firmware: 502A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 58 58 58 58 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.3% Poor	Read 165 Write 63.2 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 58.4 21% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 6.8 26% 7.97 MB/s	DQ Read 86.3 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 76.4 57% 76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 173 175 176 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 171 Mixed 92 SusWrite 175 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
WD My Bo ok 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 498GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 58 58 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 76 Write 71.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 57.5 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 44%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 5GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 47 46 48 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 48.5 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 46.7 68% 53 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 4.2 278% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 54%

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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 $120Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16