Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	40.2% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '16 at 21:03
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 83.8 47% 69.8 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 172 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 153 9% 153 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 53.9 Parallax 62.4 42% 55.8 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 41.1 37% 46.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 717 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 253 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 213922 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3465247293	59.7% Above average	Read 495 Write 41.8 Mixed 44.8 41% 194 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 21.3 96% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 56.4 79% 150 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 57GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 84 198474584 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 795527918 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2867 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 73619865636 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 52 238275456 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.1% Poor	Read 56.3 Write 38 Mixed 43.7 35% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.19 53% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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Total price: $334

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) $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