Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.7% 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	60% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '22 at 01:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 93.2 47% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 153 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1139) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.7% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 29.8 26% 33.1 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 29.1 26% 32.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Xraydisk 128GB 128GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: T112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 129 102 102 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 444 Write 360 Mixed 320 SusWrite 132 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 18.6 90% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 28 60% 119 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 73%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 227GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 71 76 74 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 72.2 Write 69.4 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 73.1 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PLUS

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	25x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	23x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 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 $57Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16