Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 114 55% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 251 28% 221 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 58 50% 62.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 52.3 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 39313 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1133 (B1) Unknown 87 87 452 (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 73 59 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 93 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 93576272677	60% Good	Read 489 Write 145 Mixed 221 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 19.5 89% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 49.1 54% 91.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 116%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 432GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 4975 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 62836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10342 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 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 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 105 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 120GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81399593 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 21574855395 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 66585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1829 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 133146083370 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 571670556 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 21474836508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 22 81399593 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.1 Mixed 87.6 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.6% 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 $15	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