Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 04:17
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 134 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 371 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 61.5 54% 65.5 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 54.4 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 116358269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 13597866495665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 116358269 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 116358269 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 116358269 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19894 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12983 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12983 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25418	35.1% Below average	Read 190 Write 103 Mixed 117 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 10.1 66% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 10.1 17% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 61%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 300GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 143 138 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38223 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 168 Write 119 Mixed 120 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 80 132% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.62 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 48%

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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	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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