Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.2% 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	75.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 08:50
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 85 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 93.3 50% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 196 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 SE 1,809 User benchmarks, average bench 11% MSI(1462 232A) 1GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 957 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 12.8 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 3.41 10% 10.2 fps	MRender 18.4 Gravity 13.8 Splatting 14.8 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 193274314783 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	75.9% Very good	Read 503 Write 257 Mixed 425 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 34 109% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 98.4 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 58.3 64% 105 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 104%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 138 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5190 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5159 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14141 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4977 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 801 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979347489 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 82 82 9878 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5252	71.1% Very good	Read 115 Write 132 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.49 124% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 77%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 10 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

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 $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