Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.1% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 9 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 17:27
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 75.8 1-Core 51.3 2-Core 102 48% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 279 29% 235 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% PowerColor(148C 2373) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 51.8 30% 49.5 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 49 38% 46.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8032 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1299 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 43 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 229 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10537406169
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35973328 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 287778153284 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 40 657769889830 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33437 (C2) HDA temperature 38 60 68719476774 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 129 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48717814036189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5768446102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57467582521	94.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 168 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1597 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1409 (C2) HDA temperature 106 76 46 (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 40 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 162 Write 127 Mixed 126 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 373GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 185 3641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 237 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.6% Average	Read 79.6 Write 83.1 Mixed 75.9 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905595-005.A00LF Corsair CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 9905595-005.A00LF Corsair CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.4% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 9.2 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 41%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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 $38Bench 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 $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