Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

4 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 10:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 143 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 448 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6930 286 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2315) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 21.3 21% 22.6 fps	MRender 20 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 26 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 289 293 292 290 295 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 459 Mixed 406 SusWrite 308 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 53.6 180% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 257 185% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 343GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 143 SusWrite 113 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 20.4 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 14.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 51%

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

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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 $273	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 $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