Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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.
Graphics	6.01% 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.
Boot Drive	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '15 at 03:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 68.9 2-Core 135 46% 102 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 228 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 39% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E198) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 7 6% 7.56 fps	MRender 6.76 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 6.09 5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 131019972	58.8% Above average	Read 298 Write 285 Mixed 249 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 19.7 92% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 54.5 DQ Mixed 19.5 22% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 134%
H/W RAID10 4TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 285GB free Firmware: 9075 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 98 Write 31.7 Mixed 41.3 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 213GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8936 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4303 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 619493 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 88.8 Mixed 12.9 48% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%

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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 $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	134x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	86x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369

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PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)