Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.4% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	18.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 17:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 139 60% 98 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 433 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% PowerColor(148C 2337) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 39.8 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 35.1 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5723 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2036 (B1) Unknown 89 89 126 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17402134158	57.7% Above average	Read 456 Write 132 Mixed 167 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 10.5 86% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 24 53% 111 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 158GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 136 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3533 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1508 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3494 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.4% Average	Read 76.9 Write 91.6 Mixed 89.3 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 140 Write 73.5 Mixed 100 124% 104 MB/s	4K Read 4.89 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 1.46 144% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.1% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $300	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