Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.2% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 11:30
Run Duration	594 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 113 55% 87 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 182 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 18.8 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 19.1 13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 127GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 889 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589865 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2106	76.9% Very good	Read 505 Write 436 Mixed 453 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 14.1 85% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 61.2 62% 101 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 123932042 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 128376572487623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 44 73017327650 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 73017327650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 123932042 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 123932042 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 123932042 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17056 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6351 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6351 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5800 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5308483	46.6% Average	Read 492 Write 138 Mixed 198 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 7.23 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 6.42 47% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 42.4 51% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 69GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 475 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3908 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3690 (C2) HDA temperature 101 89 42 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 74.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 77.8 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 69%
TRUSTED Mass Storage 17.5TB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 10.5TB free, PID 4d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Read 2.83 Write 4.44 Mixed 11.8 9% 6.35 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.11 42% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 20%
TRUSTED Mass Storage 17.5TB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 5TB free, PID 4d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Read 8.01 Write 16.2 Mixed 13.6 18% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 20%
ST3000VX 000-1CU166 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 149 Write 145 Mixed 75.8 151% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.19 46% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 80.3 127% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.26 58% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 49%
ST1500DL 001-9VT15L 1.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 222GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.2% Average	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 94.3 130% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.14 39% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 41%
WDC WD20 EARX-32PASB0 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 64GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 61.1 Write 57.9 Mixed 48.9 71% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 47% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 40%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-00ZCT0 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 35GB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.2% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 43.5 Mixed 32.2 51% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.22 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 6GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 77.4 Mixed 60.2 89% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 54%

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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.9 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.4% 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 $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