Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 22:57
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 1075T-$254 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 51.9 2-Core 103 55% 83 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 305 32% 256 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Lighting 29.9 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 37.6 24% 33 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 35.6 27% 32.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2.5TB free Firmware: 4004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 135 Write 104 Mixed 99.7 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.11 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 704GB free Firmware: JP4OA25C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 327683 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 173 173 17190420758 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5881 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11674 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749347875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	61.7% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 64.5 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 74%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 522GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 4 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 147 147 21489647904 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5276 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10638 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10638 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684576800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 67.5 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 30 (03) Spinup time 179 167 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2509 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (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 1	67.6% Good	Read 132 Write 104 Mixed 79.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.39 124% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% 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 $269	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