Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	36.9% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	SEN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 140 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 310 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 55.4 38% 51.2 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 38.4 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000H1 128GB 2,337 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT09H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 5458 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 426 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1153 (AA) Unknown 99 99 1108 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 945291298 (AE) Unknown 99 99 426 (B7) Unknown 99 99 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 63 622460965 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	55.4% Above average	Read 466 Write 102 Mixed 163 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 12.8 84% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 11.5 44% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 79%
Seagate ST380819AS 80GB-$89 852 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 31GB free Firmware: 8.04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 51 108798362 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 949975394 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 53155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (C2) HDA temperature 50 54 64424509490 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 50 108798362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 53.3 Mixed 52.3 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 32%
Maxtor 6V080E0 82GB-$59 759 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 7GB free Firmware: VA111680 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 224 224 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 4705 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 241 235 61585 (09) Power-on hours count 221 221 11241 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 244 244 3795 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 44 40 941162552 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 253 56 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1280 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 248 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	29.4% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 49.9 Mixed 50.6 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.43 125% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 38%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^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 1498 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2344 (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 91 91 3897 (0A) Spinup retry count 146 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 43103 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634708516 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1007 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.5% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 54.5 Mixed 59.2 43% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 62%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 156 153 3158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1952 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 765 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3400 (C2) HDA temperature 97 92 46 (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	32.4% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 53.9 Mixed 47.6 40% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 45%

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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