Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	21.7% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '14 at 04:04
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	13%

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-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 62.7 2-Core 126 43% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 430 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4460 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 31.1 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 24 Splatting 26.7 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L3 SSD 120GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 42 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65554 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 270	53.8% Above average	Read 483 Write 156 Mixed 228 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 8.59 65% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 25.1 50% 102 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 71%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 27015345195640 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 288 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 132025 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 132025 (F2) Unknown 100 100 189109 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6197	57.4% Above average	Read 473 Write 106 Mixed 180 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 14.8 87% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 50.7 64% 115 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 80%
Seagate ST1000DM 003-9YN162 SATA Disk Device (TurboPC EX) 1TB 150GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54965632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18037254 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1457 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80316 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79207786877860 (F1) Unknown 100 253 108098466083912 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34835406486137	82.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 131 Mixed 134 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.74 MB/s

WD WD64 01AALS-00E8B0 SATA Disk Device (TurboPC EX) 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 133GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 226 3616 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4479 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 30 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 80.8 Mixed 85.2 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 SATA Disk Device (TurboPC EX) 1TB 87GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710077 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3570 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5773 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 206159478811 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 95 Write 114 Mixed 97.9 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.68 MB/s

ADATA HV620 500GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 214GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 72 Write 110 Mixed 57.4 106% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 44%

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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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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