Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.9% 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	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 58.8 2-Core 116 53% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 356 35% 288 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1287 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 38.6 26% 33.9 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 33.1 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2556 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (A5) Unknown 100 100 399545861642 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 196 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65535 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 279174250531 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1181 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4574190502953 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5214 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7446 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7122 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10869 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.2% Above average	Read 404 Write 239 Mixed 229 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 14.6 64% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 39.3 44% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 513GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 63 23705330 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139173611 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1978 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032839 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488374301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2509 (C2) HDA temperature 29 18 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 23705330 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112523848184056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41346375588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56384759116	90.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	40.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 47%

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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 $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 $36Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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