Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 01:11
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th 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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 438 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1117) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.22 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 3.44 3% 4.08 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 4.37 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 451GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2732 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 116 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.45 103% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 187 152 1641 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 140543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4929 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3549734 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 32 (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	35.3% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 62.6 Mixed 54.5 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 0GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 609242664 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1773 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538509344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 50 178014689 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.7% Average	Read 68.8 Write 72.7 Mixed 65.9 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FK 2x4GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 74%

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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	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
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	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16