Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.62% 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	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	15.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 01:16
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 56.9 1-Core 73 2-Core 139 51% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 404 41% 330 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3248) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 13.5 7% 11 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 8.2 6% 7.87 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 245 152 130 131 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 420 Write 370 Mixed 365 SusWrite 178 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 40.9 133% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 216 139% 153 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 124%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 283GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 120 119 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 54%

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

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