Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.5% 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)
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 51.3 2-Core 126 55% 88 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 285 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Gigabyte(1458 22D7) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 36.6 Parallax 69.1 25% 45.3 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 51.7 45% 55.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10603910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -105467216912356 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1855 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 561 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 54 55838113818 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 55838113818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10603910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10603910 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10603910 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12806 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6300 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6300 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9854	46.4% Average	Read 431 Write 103 Mixed 143 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 13.1 64% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 27.1 37% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 73%
VB0250EAVER 250GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 167GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128595802 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 17365699174 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1991 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4293185638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 103 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538116128 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 50 128595802 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.3% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 96.2 Mixed 23.7 52% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $51Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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