Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.2% 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	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 14:39
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 970 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 52 2-Core 103 52% 79.8 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 208 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 102 94 87 86 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 391 Write 108 Mixed 111 SusWrite 95.1 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 16.2 94% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 45.4 68% 131 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 198 199 199 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 176 Mixed 77 SusWrite 198 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate GoFlexSatellite 500GB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 185GB free, PID 6338 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 23.9 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 16 29% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 31%
ST932032 5AS 320GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID 047b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 25.9 Write 23.6 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 15.9 28% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 18%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 794GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 27 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 24.8 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 26.2 34% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 45%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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