Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.9% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '16 at 11:09
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 439 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 42.4 29% 36.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 36.6 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13492 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2565 (E8) Unknown 100 100 15952185165 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	77.8% Very good	Read 453 Write 368 Mixed 381 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 18.9 118% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 20.1 28% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 39GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82029875 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 462804533 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6343 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098529 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 694 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572391458 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 -12884901854 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 24 82029875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	61% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 97.3 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 9GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 89 94275852 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 351977324 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6077 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 673382440 (C2) HDA temperature 40 56 4294967336 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 63 211947936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.5% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 34.3 Mixed 46.1 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

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 $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