Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '20 at 16:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 114 58% 89.9 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 407 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 222 75% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 163 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 77 76 75 75 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 450 Write 130 Mixed 73 SusWrite 76.3 39% 182 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 31.3 113% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 114 99% 150 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 190GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 69 71 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 69.5 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 70.9 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 133GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 123 123 123 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 101 Write 74 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 122 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 399GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 74 Write 73.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 75.6 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 22GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16