Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	63.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 13:21
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	1%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 111 60% 91.8 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 434 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 22.4 13% 18.5 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.7 13% 16 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10389 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1740 (B1) Unknown 97 97 85 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18280829170	63.2% Good	Read 493 Write 138 Mixed 259 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 21.2 98% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 71 70% 111 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 163GB free Firmware: CC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 80 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4453824705 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2880 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 178 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 621936676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4107 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 8 80 (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 -139522012592843 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2814636535 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1019874982	57.8% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 102 Mixed 25.5 55% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.46 89% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721016CLA382 160GB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 10GB free Firmware: JPEOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 121 121 151 (03) Spinup time 121 121 17191796934 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3095 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5978 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5978 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569544221 (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 200 200 0	40.7% Average	Read 76.1 Write 65.7 Mixed 8.2 36% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.24 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $175Bench 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 $35Bench 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 $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16