Asus M5A97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 01:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 51 2-Core 97.5 49% 76.1 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 150 19% 143 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 5,537 User benchmarks, average bench 16% EVGA(3842 1470) 1.2GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 837 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 15 14% 18.5 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 20.4 18% 21.8 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 162 4641 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 374264 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 27 (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	40.8% Average	Read 74 Write 67.6 Mixed 76.5 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 49%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 217 217 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 8037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 700837 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 197569413147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	52.4% Above average	Read 84.3 Write 98.4 Mixed 86.3 68% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 58%

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 (84^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 11.6 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 51%

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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