Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 18:04
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 149 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 460 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 04C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 75.2 50% 66.5 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 56.2 Splatting 52.3 46% 57.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS120G32TND-N1A0A 120GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (64) Unknown 100 100 1227657 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 98 98 27 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 238 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 122 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4406 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 81607000091 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 96 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 831 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1438 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1866 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 18663	82% Excellent	Read 489 Write 420 Mixed 455 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 21.8 108% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 21.6 42% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 134 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1023 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 608 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 436 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (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	63.6% Good	Read 129 Write 91.8 Mixed 89.4 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.41 141% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G13332 Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG Kingston 99U5402-137.A00LF 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%

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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 $57Bench 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 $42Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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