Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	44.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 55.9 2-Core 106 49% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 238 26% 207 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.5% Average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 58 Parallax 90.7 40% 65.8 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 58 Splatting 75.9 54% 64.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11599 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2141 (B1) Unknown 86 86 161 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 603780 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33107779392	57.1% Above average	Read 473 Write 223 Mixed 275 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 13.1 79% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 14.5 17% 28.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 895GB free Firmware: GL001U Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3728 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 288 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 16816 (0A) Spinup retry count 221 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 433 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 141954 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569216549 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 69 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8223 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3445 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 356 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	48% Average	Read 80.2 Write 87 Mixed 78.2 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 49%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 212GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th 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 2587 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5607 (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 61 61 15960 (0A) Spinup retry count 211 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2593 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 250 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 126131 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454118436 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 2865 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.6% Average	Read 71.1 Write 70.2 Mixed 65 52% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.1 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 35%

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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	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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