Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 20:22
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 76.9 2-Core 149 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 438 46% 369 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 114 102% 124 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 306 Write 185 Mixed 235 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 35.6 117% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 172 131% 174 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 83GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 130 131 131 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 185 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 130 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 18GB free Firmware: 3.ADG SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 65 Write 65.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 42.6 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical M5A97 Builds (Compare 316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

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