Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 04:27
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 88.5 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 90.8 50% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 268 27% 220 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7990 (CrossFire Disabled) 1,161 User benchmarks, average bench 34% XFX(1682 32A0) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 54.4 35% 42.3 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 36.3 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 33GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22794 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1045 (B1) Unknown 90 90 339 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43823714922	81.7% Excellent	Read 488 Write 430 Mixed 342 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 22.5 99% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 62.2 68% 114 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18550 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 226 (B1) Unknown 99 99 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 57 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16723338314	68.1% Good	Read 489 Write 151 Mixed 246 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 29.7 107% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 67.2 70% 116 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 819GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 998 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 957 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 30 (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	68.2% Good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 86%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 279GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3180 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3111 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 39 (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	50.1% Above average	Read 88 Write 86.1 Mixed 49.6 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.55 129% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free Firmware: SD26 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237052994 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164300741 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (B8) Unknown 95 95 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 129370095647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 260610 (C2) HDA temperature 31 57 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 30 237052994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 105 Mixed 85.3 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8.1 16% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 72%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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