Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130502
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 316 35% 278 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 0428) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 48.8 33% 39.3 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 36.1 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107742957 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93034195 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 353435669 (C2) HDA temperature 21 48 38654705685 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 27 107742957 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 44 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 37611028618711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2753277113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1384072887	59.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 93.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%

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

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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 $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