Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.4% 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	50.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 02:46
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 137 60% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 394 38% 314 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 043B) 2GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.5 15% 19.1 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 18.8 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7438120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 122071560494881 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1963 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 275 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 42952622103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7438120 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7438120 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7438120 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14435 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10415 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10415 (F2) Unknown 0 0 284121	50.3% Above average	Read 454 Write 142 Mixed 210 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 11.3 75% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 9.11 15% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 283GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91166030 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 953545992 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032865 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 54 353566741 (C2) HDA temperature 21 46 34359738389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 15 91166030 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 365 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128668630290499 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1093100603 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70269235	45.5% Average	Read 80.4 Write 78 Mixed 81.7 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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