Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	128% 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	83.4% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 02:02
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 146 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 391 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 202 Parallax 194 138% 188 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 153 Splatting 137 130% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-180M6S-11 2.5 7mm 180GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: DCL110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 203 371 378 367 386 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 474 Write 352 Mixed 275 SusWrite 323 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 30.8 111% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 141 131% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 172 197 197 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 145 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 186 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 51%

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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 $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