Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 61 2-Core 115 52% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 392 37% 309 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 0461) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.46% Terrible	Lighting 1.87 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 1.94 2% 1.91 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.74 1% 1.61 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.46% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11638 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4983 (B1) Unknown 97 97 51 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36885301624	77.8% Very good	Read 484 Write 376 Mixed 398 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 24.2 104% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 18.1 33% 66.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 746GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 0 (03) Spinup time 142 135 9900 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8708 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5005 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25725 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 36 (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 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 161 Write 127 Mixed 128 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.16 95% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 89GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 167 167 8760 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12892 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45640 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	35.1% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 54.6 Mixed 58.1 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-447.A00LF 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 54%

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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 $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