Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 05:16
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 121 59% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 414 38% 320 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 32.5 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 42.4 26% 36.1 fps	Gravity 38.1 Splatting 34.7 32% 36.4 fps
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2287 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2470 (B1) Unknown 95 95 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 250 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7765388892	52.1% Above average	Read 476 Write 114 Mixed 87.4 48% 226 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 8.74 74% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 24.9 43% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 73%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 15GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 229 226 8550 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2295 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2271 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2291 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 109 Write 81.9 Mixed 84.6 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.45 119% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

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Typical M5A97 PRO Builds (Compare 136 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	29x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $30Bench 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