Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	20.6% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 18.6 2-Core 42.3 32% 43.4 Pts	4-Core 81.5 8-Core 102 12% 91.9 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 23.20.793.1024 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 31 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 28 21% 24.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 673GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 193 193 12895322345 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4377 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5053 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5053 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 257698955296 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 135 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 508GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150509472 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 176547483 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 14000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1498 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 538509342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43402 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104621108351208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 95488257084985 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48346215811071	74.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 129 Mixed 130 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 141 (03) Spinup time 154 154 17194221849 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4912 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8955 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8955 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 236223725603 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15	45.2% Average	Read 75.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 75.8 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 97 152843115 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 417244766 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2138 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 690028582 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 68719476774 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 61 53962440 (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	54.2% Above average	Read 89 Write 100 Mixed 93.6 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.45 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 229GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 164 164 8598061211 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4583 (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 98 98 20098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4283 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4795 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929151520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
Samsung HM320JI 320GB 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 36GB free Firmware: 2SS00_03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 252 252 2687 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16409 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 12 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 17822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0B) Calibration retry count 96 96 4428 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8334 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 223338889244 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4508 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 862893 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223338889244 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0	28.4% Poor	Read 45.7 Write 53.3 Mixed 44 36% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 2x4GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 8 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 59%

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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 $178	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