Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.4% 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	64.7% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 17:51
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 125 58% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 280 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 41.5 28% 35.6 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14611 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (A6) Unknown 100 100 121 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 393 (A9) Unknown 100 100 247 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 268 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 42 180389675036 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2141 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 34214 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20917 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4447 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 420 Write 258 Mixed 319 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 20.6 86% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 55 63% 109 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 692GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 113 Write 52.1 Mixed 68.1 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 0.41 125% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 87%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 202GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 82.5 Mixed 44.9 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.46 4K Mixed 0.3 134% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 7GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4516 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 99507 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 29 (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	38.2% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 69.2 Mixed 64.8 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 84%
Generic USB SD Reader 64GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 40GB free, PID 6377 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 18.6 Write 17.8 Mixed 15.7 22% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 1.39 162% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 63%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
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	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16