Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.62% 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	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 01:53
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 109 54% 84 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 289 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.861.0.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.62% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 5.69 5% 6.15 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 5.53 Splatting 8.83 7% 7.96 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.62% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4866 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1553 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 43 (AE) Unknown 99 99 38 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 778 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 47 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 16 16 84241 (E9) Unknown 97 97 16416504 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6790 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5656 (F9) Unknown 99 99 11008	76.7% Very good	Read 473 Write 289 Mixed 230 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 29.5 111% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 84.9 78% 118 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 101%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 176GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138021151 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 56 107390395096 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 786444 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 54 740556844 (C2) HDA temperature 44 46 81604378668 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 34 138021151 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16896401372222 (F1) Unknown 100 253 559760765 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2218569057	35.6% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 54.7 Mixed 22.4 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 88GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58916840 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15817847 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2145 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 56 673251368 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25859 (C2) HDA temperature 40 44 68719476776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -103650445751486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20072495542 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29459488873	78% Very good	Read 141 Write 131 Mixed 38 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 52%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	9x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	49x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	12x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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