Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.7% 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)
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '22 at 00:30
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 55.3 2-Core 97.9 49% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 236 27% 210 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 32.2 19% 27.7 fps	MRender 34.3 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 25.9 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 284 Write 133 Mixed 181 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 20.5 55% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 157 121% 165 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 173GB free Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 214 233 234 231 226 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 293 Write 260 Mixed 262 SusWrite 227 59% 261 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 17.2 61% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 235 177% 238 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 94%
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 84GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 78 79 78 78 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 137 Write 92.6 Mixed 114 SusWrite 76.7 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 15.7 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 114 87% 120 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 56%
WDC WD20 EZBX-00AYRA0 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 189 198 196 197 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 150 Write 204 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 196 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 0.7 9% 3.97 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 1.5 3% 5.67 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 47%

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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 15 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 54%

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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	86x
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 $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16