Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.9% 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	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 21:39
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 72 1-Core 65 2-Core 125 53% 87.2 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 281 33% 253 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04A9) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 20.7 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 25.2 17% 24.5 fps	MRender 22.2 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 20.8 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7426598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32865089753005 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1517 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 158 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 43 51542425634 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 51542425634 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7426598 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7426598 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7426598 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5363 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5504 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5504 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7150	34.8% Below average	Read 166 Write 86.7 Mixed 102 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 10.4 63% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 23.5 38% 73.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 73%
Seagate ST500DL001 HD503HI 500GB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 384GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 84 4644 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2620 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2411 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504511006 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2731	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 94.3 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA1339.C16 1x8GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.8% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 96.7 41% 96.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 30%

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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	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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 $38Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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