Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 00:50
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 98.5 52% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 199 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Zotac(19DA 1040) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 9.93 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 2.91 8% 7.6 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 6.65 6% 7.56 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z220 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 166 100 166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (A6) Unknown 100 100 70 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 122 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 107 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11957 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3618 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2128	63.8% Good	Read 482 Write 199 Mixed 281 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 3.96 86% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 21.2 65% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 343GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 1498 (03) Spinup time 172 167 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2386 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1938 (C2) HDA temperature 107 82 40 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 159 Write 113 Mixed 114 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.41 123% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 76%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 117GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 189 181 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4404 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2930 (BE) vendor-specific 56 29 44 (C2) HDA temperature 106 79 44 (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	32.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 55.8 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.49 123% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 35%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 664GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 89.7 Write 92.5 Mixed 62.3 103% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 46%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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