Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.5% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 10:38
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 55.2 2-Core 109 55% 84.7 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 330 34% 275 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1003 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 74771865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 104599633557271 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3951 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 539 (B1) Unknown 0 0 19 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 74771865 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 74771865 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 74771865 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17952 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18147 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18147 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36132	39.7% Below average	Read 201 Write 71.6 Mixed 100 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 12.2 81% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 27.5 37% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 893GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 1240 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12916673074 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3931 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 57 4833345568 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6556 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 -140737488355296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 8 1240 (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 -95150705450767 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2053642794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 247976552	75.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 102 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.52 102% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 75%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 179 Write 168 Mixed 160 215% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.65 179% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 86%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 684 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 809GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 37.1 Mixed 35.2 47% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.31 51% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.4 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 50%

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Gaming 32%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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