Asus M5A97 PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '15 at 15:36
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 75 2-Core 150 51% 112 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 527 50% 411 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 60.6 Parallax 79.8 54% 69.1 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 77.2 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103098220788 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 232 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 41 176095035419 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1168250503464 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3093 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4787 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3239 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3119 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.3% Good	Read 424 Write 304 Mixed 284 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 15.5 81% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 46.3 58% 104 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 9GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98802991347 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 256 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 188979937307 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1163956846908 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3656 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4770 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3639 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1083 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 426 Write 203 Mixed 106 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 7.68 70% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 30.9 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 501GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207876688 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 81644074242 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2378 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34666 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 64424509469 (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 35180077124248 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30333446330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38512160232	58.7% Above average	Read 83.9 Write 119 Mixed 57.2 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.78 4K Mixed 0.38 204% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 268GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54113 (C2) HDA temperature 122 95 30 (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	43.7% Average	Read 73 Write 79.3 Mixed 75.2 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 50GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 8091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 879 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7065 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 29 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.7 Mixed 108 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 87%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 993 (0A) Spinup retry count 117 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1389 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257699282976 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 453 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 213 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	56.1% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 97.4 Mixed 88.4 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.32 114% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 30.4 Write 26.8 Mixed 6.32 24% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.54 169% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 74%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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