Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.8% 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	71.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '21 at 19:19
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 94.7 51% 78 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 345 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 13.3 12% 13.8 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 9.5 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 112 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 458 Write 278 Mixed 315 SusWrite 115 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 29.7 118% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 174 148% 217 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 207GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 63 62 63 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 78.5 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 62.6 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 388GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 91 89 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 91 Write 92.9 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 88.3 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 365GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 126 129 127 130 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 63.4 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 128 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 77%
Maxtor S TM3160215A 160GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 97GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 66 65 66 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 12.7 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 64 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

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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 $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