Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	62.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '16 at 16:36
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 129 58% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 382 39% 313 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 70.9 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 65.4 58% 69.8 fps	Gravity 68 Splatting 59.3 56% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 246 100 758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 70 (A9) Unknown 100 100 60 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 58 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 206158430244 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13370 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11140 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5513	62.9% Good	Read 491 Write 357 Mixed 411 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 4.24 71% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 4.21 15% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 634GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22166 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (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	60.3% Good	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 99.3 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.21 103% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 884GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122868192 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60757525 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1724 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 795023376411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80205 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10320806416870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20097086940 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30554503724	69.4% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 658GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 98.5 Write 104 Mixed 66.8 113% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%

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 (73^rd percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.9% 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 $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 $179	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