Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.6% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '23 at 01:46
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 980 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 109 52% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 159 21% 158 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6850 104 User benchmarks, average bench 13% MSI(1462 2520) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1045.0 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 14.2 13% 16 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 10.1 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 66 68 68 67 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 292 Write 77.4 Mixed 115 SusWrite 63.2 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 8.7 58% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 96.4 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 3.4 29% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 66%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 180 178 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 133 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 179 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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 below expectations (24^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M5A97 Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

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 $76Bench 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	86x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16