Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 456 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 78.2 68% 83.2 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 70.5 62% 76.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-000L7 256GB 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 69 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 99 99 48 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1840 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 240519610401 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16777215 (F1) Unknown 99 99 173 (F2) Unknown 99 99 115 (F9) Unknown 99 99 173	94.2% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 472 Mixed 498 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 25.8 123% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 15.7 56% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%
HFS120G32TND-N1A0A 120GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 112GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 100 100 488 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (64) Unknown 100 100 1368684 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 98 98 27 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 254 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (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 28 0 81607000092 (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 6 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 899 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2099 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 19002	92.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 418 Mixed 471 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 30.3 122% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 31.4 70% 143 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 134 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 482 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (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	60.5% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.39 116% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% 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 below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% 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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	23x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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