Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55.3% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 04:28
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 96.9 51% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 133 19% 139 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 59.5 55% 64.4 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 69.2 56% 69 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 150325166115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 61 (F1) Unknown 100 100 114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2430	37% Below average	Read 413 Write 39.9 Mixed 58 36% 170 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 5.5 57% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 5.43 17% 34.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 100%
WD WD1001FALS-41Y6A1 1TB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 930GB free Firmware: 05.03D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 463 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 414 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	74.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 134 Mixed 126 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.44 144% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 16.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

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 $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