Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.7% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 19:47
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 55.9 2-Core 111 56% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 224 30% 223 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 48 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 40.4 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 736 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 96 96 67 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2752564 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4292	79.9% Very good	Read 297 Write 400 Mixed 434 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 10.6 118% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 16.4 72% 162 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 270GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7910 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8935 (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 92 92 42824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 63 404095000 (C2) HDA temperature 75 62 420872217 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 38158809 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	34.2% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 72 Mixed 79.5 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11.2 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	9x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	49x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	12x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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