Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '16 at 02:36
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 78.7 2-Core 147 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 237 32% 239 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 47.1 42% 48.9 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 38.9 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 15420 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 218 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74539 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49698 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123360	76.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 266 Mixed 307 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 29.4 108% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 71.4 77% 129 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 97%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 937GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 811 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.4% Good	Read 115 Write 103 Mixed 97.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 86%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 422GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186337120 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52418333 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 184 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 555024412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 414 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	71% Very good	Read 132 Write 115 Mixed 34.1 68% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 98%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 374GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 38.6 Mixed 34.5 48% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 22%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 224GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 30 Mixed 13.9 30% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.23 47% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 22%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 123GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 75.7 Mixed 51.2 88% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.28 54% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.4% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 13.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 75%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	107x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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