Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '22 at 03:32
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 94.7 49% 75.2 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 190 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 79.8 64% 79 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 71.3 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 4+0 Stripe/RAID0 956GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 804 829 729 902 918 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 895 Mixed 452 SusWrite 809 147% 645 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 26.8 92% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 167 128% 174 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 158%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 11.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 32%

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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

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