Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 15% 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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.1% 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	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 09:01
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DEU-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 (60^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 46.3 2-Core 90.6 47% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 168 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.1% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 35.3 34% 38.7 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 32.3 28% 35.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 240GB 2,859 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 705 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19951 (A5) Unknown 100 100 92 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 190728 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178887 (F5) Unknown 100 100 319216	71.1% Very good	Read 501 Write 314 Mixed 387 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 21.7 83% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 61 69% 117 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 102%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 102GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 57372173148861 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3812 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 384 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 64427589658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10894 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10633 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10633 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22599	43.8% Average	Read 199 Write 105 Mixed 117 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 13.6 83% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 34.1 49% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51118 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 25 (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	83.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 137 Mixed 138 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 69GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 5512 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7892 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5822 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3908 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274445849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 123 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 362 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8154	63.6% Good	Read 105 Write 117 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991770 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 991770 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.9% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.2 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns

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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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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