Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.1% 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	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 07:35
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 109 53% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 284 30% 242 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 57.6 Parallax 99.1 42% 69.2 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 74 58% 69.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free Firmware: C3G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -29094108455609 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1668 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 289 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 35 42951966743 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3480 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3815 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3815 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3919	43.5% Average	Read 199 Write 117 Mixed 112 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 14.3 79% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 34.8 48% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 80%
Mushkin Chronos 60GB-$65 105 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: NA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5230509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 146028905531 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2400 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 42952687642 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5230509 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5230509 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5230509 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9370 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8853 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8853 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13806	36.6% Below average	Read 169 Write 54.8 Mixed 86.1 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 11.5 78% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 27.4 37% 70 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 77%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 480GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 156 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2661 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4578 (C2) HDA temperature 126 87 24 (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	42% Average	Read 78.7 Write 67.7 Mixed 71.7 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

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