Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '23 at 17:13
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 120 61% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 324 33% 269 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.4 78% 102 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 99.6 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 379 405 413 411 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 382 Write 390 Mixed 353 SusWrite 399 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 28.3 101% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 174 146% 211 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 666GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 176 176 177 177 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 124 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 176 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-022.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-022.A00LF 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 14 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

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

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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 $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 $33Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16