Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 20:36
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 134 60% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 368 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 154 Parallax 185 96% 152 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 174 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 330 323 286 286 263 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 427 Mixed 387 SusWrite 291 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 46.3 153% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 259 195% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 333 401 421 427 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 444 Mixed 378 SusWrite 378 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 49.4 161% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 257 193% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 289 187 142 132 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 471 Write 425 Mixed 357 SusWrite 188 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 42.4 142% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 196 164% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 126%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 1TB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 555GB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 28 28 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.9% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 7 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 25.4 20% 16 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 20% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.3% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 6.9 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.3% 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%

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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 $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