Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.25% 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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 01:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 128 56% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 295 32% 256 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gainward(10B0 0FC1) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 8.56 7% 8.16 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 11.3 8% 10 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 53 38 67 80 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 66.2 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 82%
WD WD5000AARS-003BB1 500GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 441GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 6 6.8 4.3 11 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 103 Write 90.4 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 8.4 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GLK64V3H Kingston 99U5403-034.A00LF Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF 14GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.2% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns

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Typical M5A97 PLUS Builds (Compare 124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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