Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.3% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.9 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	Mar 18 '23 at 06:33
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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)	51.4% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 47.8 2-Core 93.7 47% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 156 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% 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: 531.29 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.1 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 35 28% 35.8 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 29.6 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Xraydisk 128GB 128GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: T1125A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 319 89 113 86 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 489 Write 401 Mixed 330 SusWrite 147 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 19.6 98% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 28.1 56% 109 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 106%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 175GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 67 67 68 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 55.2 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 65.3 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.1% 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 (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% 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%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $52Bench 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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Total price: $252

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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 $45	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