Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.3% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 19:41
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 43.6 2-Core 123 46% 77.6 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 294 35% 269 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% XFX(1682 9270) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 29 Parallax 41 26% 33.8 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 34.5 25% 29.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 23139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7432 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 181 181 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 158914314269 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 485 Write 430 Mixed 338 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 21.4 77% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 97.5 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 38.3 42% 69.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 107%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 532GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 136 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14510 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 28 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 76.9 Write 72 Mixed 76.7 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 10.6 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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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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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

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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) $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