Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 X6 1075T-$254 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 105 56% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 314 32% 261 Pts	64-Core 314 20% 314 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3TB free Firmware: 4004 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 96.6 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.09 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 705GB free Firmware: JP4OA25C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 124 124 17200447785 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 36 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5813 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11525 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749347875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	61.2% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 33.9 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 74%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 522GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 120 120 21495480636 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5213 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10514 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10514 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684576801 (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	64.2% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 78.1 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 29 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2483 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 35 (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 1	63.2% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 32.4 61% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 46%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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