Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 84.8 45% 68 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 130 20% 144 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Diamond(1092 E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 30.2 21% 27.9 fps	MRender 24.4 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 32.3 22% 25.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 24 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9699359 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 977419	34.4% Below average	Read 314 Write 37.5 Mixed 98.7 32% 150 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 4.56 58% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 85.5 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 3.61 24% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386346388 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 136 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4287 (C0) Power-off retract count 77 77 28051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 28051 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 236223725608 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 5023 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 127 Mixed 121 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.29 68% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 452GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34386084242 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5667 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3388 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5668 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5668 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 249108627495 (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	70.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 126 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 311GB free Firmware: SD26 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 89 9612805 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1528 (05) Reallocated sector count 84 84 347 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54593310 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 304 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 23 3462417088552 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39321 (C2) HDA temperature 40 77 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 39 9612805 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 99.8 Mixed 89.3 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%
WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 30GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6578 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	120% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 227 Mixed 189 152% 202 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 4.01 4K Mixed 0.74 189% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 70%
WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 30GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 184 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6340 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4076 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6338 (C2) HDA temperature 104 87 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	114% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 210 Mixed 179 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.01 4K Mixed 0.78 200% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 8.4 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 51%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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