Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 08:05
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 132 61% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 437 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 63%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B4) Unknown 100 100 66 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2166310999 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20028585 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5987361	72.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 374 Mixed 406 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 24 83% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 51.6 DQ Mixed 42.1 42% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 7 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 11 (F1) Unknown 200 200 26816772 (F2) Unknown 200 200 19086172	81.2% Excellent	Read 196 Write 87.3 Mixed 112 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 418GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4720 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3567 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4306 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.2% Average	Read 95.7 Write 72 Mixed 82.6 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 51%

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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 $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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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