Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '16 at 04:21
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 125 55% 89.9 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 300 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 43.9 28% 36.8 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 37.7 27% 32 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G1CS1754D117-55 120GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 498 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10973 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1829 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1963	80.1% Excellent	Read 388 Write 286 Mixed 320 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 32.4 121% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 59.6 89% 168 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 699GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 29 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1825 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1677 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	74.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 119 Mixed 120 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.49 156% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 76%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 154GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 27.9 Mixed 5.59 25% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 62%

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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