Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 03:40
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 458 46% 377 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Lighting 86 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 88.6 70% 88.2 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 71.7 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hfs120g3 2TND-N1A0A 120GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (64) Unknown 100 100 1093429 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 98 98 26 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 212 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 122 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4406 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 81607000092 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 96 12 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 727 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1269 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1711 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 16191	95.9% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 414 Mixed 471 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 29.6 134% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 31.2 74% 152 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 105%
Seagate ST2000NM 0033-9ZM175 2TB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: GT02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 201259614 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 229923339 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 85899345953 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 16 201259614 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 154 Mixed 145 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 101%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 368GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 134 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 395 (C2) HDA temperature 109 104 34 (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	56.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 89.5 Mixed 88.4 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.49 149% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G13332 Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG Kingston 99U5402-137.A00LF 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 47%

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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 $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 $42Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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