Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '21 at 17:11
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 126 61% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 455 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 21.2 17% 20.3 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 23 Splatting 17.1 17% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 73 32 129 17 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 318 Write 116 Mixed 210 SusWrite 78.1 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 25 86% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 110 108% 173 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 100%
Kingston SV300S37A/60G 60GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 14GB free Firmware: P0921B SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 425 Write 79.2 Mixed 109 SusWrite 77.9 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 7.9 65% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 57.2 51% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$64 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 156 158 158 159 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 101 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 156 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 114%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 484GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 34.2 Write 30.8 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 37.4 44% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 23%
JMicron Tech 500GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 430GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 116 115 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 116 132% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 48%

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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.4% 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 0: 0R 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
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACI22D3 ASUS VS229

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

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16