Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 10:07
Run Duration	357 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 45.8 2-Core 87.1 48% 72.1 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 268 26% 215 Pts	64-Core 250 15% 250 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 8275) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Lighting 5.87 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 1.94 5% 5.47 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 6 5% 6.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -50835232905555 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3569 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 555556 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 555556 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1694953 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14744	48.6% Average	Read 432 Write 130 Mixed 174 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 11.7 56% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 56.4 68% 121 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 88%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$54 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 989GB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 237087481 (03) Spinup time 90 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 37 32 124395600385658 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3229 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 17244556824525 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 605356068 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 6290 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9280 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 99 237087481 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 88.7 Write 83.5 Mixed 30.2 49% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 86%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 5.43 Mixed 8.33 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.18 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 7%

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 below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.4% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 13.1 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 9 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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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 $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16