Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.75% 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	73.5% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '20 at 05:11
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 108 53% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 172 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 41.1 0% 24 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 33.3 26% 31 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 257 245 257 260 261 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 411 Write 413 Mixed 223 SusWrite 262 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 30.7 106% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 195 144% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 108%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 154 164 163 165 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 326 Write 207 Mixed 238 SusWrite 164 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 30.9 111% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 188 142% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 141 142 145 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 163 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 143 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 100%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3TB free, PID ac35 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 115 118 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 136 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 118 151% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%

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 potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.6% 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 $75Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16