Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.6% 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	61.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 139 61% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 325 36% 282 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1125 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 67.7 44% 52.6 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 44.7 36% 44 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2492 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 437 (B1) Unknown 97 97 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6102962496	61.5% Good	Read 486 Write 254 Mixed 269 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 13.5 86% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 13.6 17% 30.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 114%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6160819 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4158 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4317	36.8% Below average	Read 195 Write 104 Mixed 106 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 3.82 72% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 3.32 20% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 718GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227570720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 137361183 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1777 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 588775455 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81646 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88944477742153 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17497595067 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23780362307	100% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 169 Mixed 159 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 31 Write 9.48 Mixed 13.8 19% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.88 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 1.37 145% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%

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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 $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