Asus M5A97 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	43.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	19.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 12:22
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 94.5 50% 76.6 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 272 29% 230 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.9% Average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 50.9 Parallax 51.5 44% 52.1 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 63.5 44% 52.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,072 Write 648 Mixed 873 192% 864 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 27 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 26.6 34% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 283%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -85770496898620 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1611 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 51 51542949927 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 248 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 170041 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170041 (F2) Unknown 100 100 168100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 50897	60.8% Good	Read 479 Write 251 Mixed 318 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 9.51 66% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 10.5 49% 113 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 58GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84675955 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 207873485 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2137 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622198821 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 111 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48227 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 25769803813 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 45 84675955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63020055125707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 455837013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1410570785 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	37.7% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 65 Mixed 67.8 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.9% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 67%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $295	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