Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	12.7% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 14:33
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.9% Below average	Memory 58.8 1-Core 12 2-Core 23.2 25% 31.3 Pts	4-Core 43.8 8-Core 45.1 6% 44.4 Pts	64-Core 46.5 3% 46.5 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 15.9 12% 15.2 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 16 Splatting 18.5 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th 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 100 100 5313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2590 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 220 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 167504642075 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27922381379 (F7) Unknown 100 100 477380360 (F8) Unknown 100 100 225250878	60.4% Good	Read 479 Write 252 Mixed 315 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 19.5 72% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 20.5 33% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 105%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 542GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 223 8658 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23551 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 81 81 19649 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23542 (C2) HDA temperature 122 91 28 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 85.5 Mixed 88.3 68% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.55 140% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 177GB free Firmware: 3.AH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 79 79299850 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 27400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 684000356 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 68784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 79 79 21752 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471400476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 45 190387769 (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	25.4% Poor	Read 53.4 Write 34.8 Mixed 38.4 32% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.38 83% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 37%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 87.7 149% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.9% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 2.8 MC Mixed 4.6 12% 4.13 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 2.6 SC Mixed 2.8 8% 2.67 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 12.9% 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 $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