Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 19:35
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 107 50% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 286 29% 232 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (92 fps cap detected)	60.3% Good	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 90.6 52% 80.8 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 92.6 75% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5850 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (A5) Unknown 100 100 41222655 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 544 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 64 274879152169 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1297096900910 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3687 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10483 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8410 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10661 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.9% Good	Read 363 Write 338 Mixed 334 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 16.5 73% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 48.9 53% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 211GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 224 1191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3546 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4529 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 42 (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	37.4% Below average	Read 70.3 Write 60.3 Mixed 55.3 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.07 16% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 861GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 98.6 Write 101 Mixed 95 127% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 54%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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