I began to think my shocks and struts were showing wear around 60k miles. I replaced them with Koni Special Actives at 90k. The ride is lots less harsh over small road imperfections, like manhole covers and 1.5" pavement spalls. It is less jiggly or busy, more serene over common suburban roads. GF says it doesn't "rock" as much (whatever THAT means). The ride is more "polished" feeling. Low frequency body motions are about the same as the worn OEM shocks/struts and I don't quite like that, but I tend to drive it like my MX-5. I would have selected the Koni Sports were it not that they require removal of the rears to adjust damping.
After putting Bilsteins on my truck and having the warranty replacements fail the same way, I'm done with them.
A CX-5 is supposed to be the most athletic of, at least common, SUVs.