Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	49.9% 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)
Boot Drive	59.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 18:23
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Memory 45.3 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 93.7 36% 61.8 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 177 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 84.2 51% 70.7 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 53.8 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 124 121 118 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 327 Write 144 Mixed 200 SusWrite 123 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 29.4 100% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 160 122% 167 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 128 129 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 128 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 72%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 191GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 105 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 98 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 105 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 65%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0736 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.1 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.77% Terrible	Read 16 Write 12.7 Mixed 10 SusWrite 11 16% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.9 57% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.77% Great: 11%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 9GB free, PID 8005 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.6 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Read 0.5 Write 4 Mixed 1.2 SusWrite 4.3 4% 2.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 5%

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 way below expectations (18^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 179 22% 179 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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