Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 21:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 44.8 2-Core 82 46% 69 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 235 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 0443) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 8.04 Parallax 7.06 7% 7.87 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 6.7 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 38 11 37 42 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 60.8 Write 54.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 32.1 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 58%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 217GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 54 62 66 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 71 Write 64 Mixed 46 SusWrite 61.6 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 51%
Seagate ST96812AS 60GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 38GB free Firmware: 3.14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 33 35 36 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 36 Write 36.8 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 35.1 25% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 23%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 236GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 142 141 143 141 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 140 Mixed 89 SusWrite 142 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.7 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.9% 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 $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 $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