Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.5% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 08:58
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 45.5 2-Core 102 50% 76.8 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 146 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 46.9 32% 40.1 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 39.3 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4878 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 661 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8919868489
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20846028 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 52617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032848 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 4732616730 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7212 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 -140737488355302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 11 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126147484458476 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2137089831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1822510023	60.7% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.46 87% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 581GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5641 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5615 (C2) HDA temperature 125 97 25 (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	40.4% Average	Read 72.6 Write 67.9 Mixed 66 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 46%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 10GB free Firmware: VT10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5952 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9980 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15765 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3023 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 65536 (BE) vendor-specific 169 73 23 (C2) HDA temperature 169 73 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 209268 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 41.6 Write 49 Mixed 43.5 34% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 15.7 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 51%

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Desktop 68%

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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