Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 09:00
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (57^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 52.7 2-Core 105 51% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 280 29% 235 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1469) 2GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.98% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.34 1% 0.88 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.44 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 0.98% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 750GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 65243 (03) Spinup time 179 167 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4301 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 23 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	70.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 106 Mixed 72.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.37 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 279GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 125 117 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15159 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 3 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129189 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 38 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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 2	40.4% Average	Read 63 Write 77.5 Mixed 27.6 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 12GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 42%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PLUS

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	25x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	23x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
128GB 128GBXraydiskBench 63%, 994 samples	5x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	13x
KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-022.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-022.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 10 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	4x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $252

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