Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.6% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.5 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 23 '17 at 01:28
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	72.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 148 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 453 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 77.5 68% 82.7 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-000L7 256GB 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 46 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 1 (AE) Unknown 99 99 68 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1840 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 44 240519348254 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16756243 (F1) Unknown 99 99 384 (F2) Unknown 99 99 398 (F9) Unknown 99 99 384	83.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 470 Mixed 480 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 22.9 111% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 22.5 25% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 112%
HFS120G32TND-N1A0A 120GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 86GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^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 100 100 530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (64) Unknown 100 100 1489999 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 98 98 27 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 275 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 26 0 77312032794 (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 26 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 984 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1755 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2234 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 19942	86% Excellent	Read 489 Write 415 Mixed 451 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 32.6 113% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 19.6 46% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 101%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: GT02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 154312333 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 263897548 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 585 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 13 154312333 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 153 Mixed 153 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.48 119% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 104%

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 as expected (57^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 47%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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