Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.7% 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	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (20%). 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	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 06:22
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 132 60% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 280 32% 247 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Lighting 31.2 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 35.9 25% 31.8 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 31.6 29% 36.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 67897047 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 -66949950187519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 233 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 53 17183342631 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 17183342631 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 67897047 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 67897047 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 67897047 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13110 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10636 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10636 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12595	35.2% Below average	Read 162 Write 78.5 Mixed 106 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 10.8 69% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 77 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 6.49 27% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 724GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 197 4588 (03) Spinup time 253 170 1041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1711 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 849652 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 232 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 195 1 1579	51.4% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 81.4 Mixed 65.5 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 96.6 Write 103 Mixed 81 120% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 245GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 110 173% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 26.3 Mixed 25.6 35% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.13 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.63 72% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 12 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 50%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $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	133x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	85x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16