Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (98%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	98%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 93.5 47% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 294 27% 227 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 42.4 Parallax 38.9 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 36 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 240GB-$135 644 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010370 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 100 100 7394 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2117 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 287 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4297196163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555089953 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 465556 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2170 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 432285 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 465556 (F2) Unknown 100 100 466258	62.2% Good	Read 448 Write 276 Mixed 342 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 15.4 84% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 66.2 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 15.2 24% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,729 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 103GB free Firmware: JC4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 116 (03) Spinup time 120 120 21493907746 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4342 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9225 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 210454183974 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 80.9 Write 87.4 Mixed 67.5 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 64%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 34GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205784674 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 50 50 51694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8847027575 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4615 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 210456608896 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 104 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 73620389924 (C2) HDA temperature 36 57 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 31 205784674 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	28% Poor	Read 54.6 Write 42.8 Mixed 45.3 36% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.43 90% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 72%

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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 $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