Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 93.3 48% 73.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 234 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 0990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.05% Terrible	Lighting 4.93 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 4.28 4% 5.05 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 3.52 4% 5.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE240GB-LT 240GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 4764 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 39 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16411 (A5) Unknown 100 100 149 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 33 (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 100 100 20 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 148277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 74773 (F5) Unknown 100 100 262576	48.3% Average	Read 469 Write 233 Mixed 312 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 7.9 48% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.7 DQ Write 42.5 DQ Mixed 8.65 12% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 844GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 125 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 631066 (C2) HDA temperature 121 90 26 (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 80987 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 92.2 Mixed 91.9 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 50GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 85 68751679 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 230555251 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 58 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 44 4014869 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 60.1 Mixed 59.9 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.18 52% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 82.4 49% 82.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 51%

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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 $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

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 $179	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