Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110823
Uptime	33.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '21 at 11:53
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 22.9 2-Core 52.1 36% 49.8 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 222 22% 179 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.6% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 1.3 1% 1.2 fps	MRender 1.7 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.5 1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.6% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 45 60 63 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 159 Write 91.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 54.9 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 649GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 81 80 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 88.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 80.8 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 333GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 24 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 22.2 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 23.3 31% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 9.2 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 1R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	9%	11	7	5	60	27"	1920 1080	BNQ78EC BenQ GL2780

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Typical M5A97 PRO Builds (Compare 136 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	9x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	49x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	12x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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