Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 07:29
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 139 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 431 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 86.2 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 70% 98.7 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 0 (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 100 100 6513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1501 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 226 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1245187 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 180 180 493953810792 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 171800526880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	47.8% Average	Read 439 Write 47 Mixed 78.2 40% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 16.9 72% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 90.3 DQ Mixed 28.6 47% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 92%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 6851 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 286 (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 97 97 1380 (0A) Spinup retry count 105 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 324 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159675426 (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 97 97 1372 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 169 Mixed 88 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 103% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBXL Kingston 99U5402-059.A00LF F3-12800CL9-2GBXL Kingston 99U5402-059.A00LF 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 52%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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