Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 06:23
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 439 45% 365 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0517) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 96.2 58% 79 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 5221512 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8766598854 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2040 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1243764104 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 639369254 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59509 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 98784247846 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 167 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%
WL1000GSA6472 1TB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40820 (C2) HDA temperature 107 101 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	52.3% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 90.5 Mixed 89.7 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 92GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139974768 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153881253 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2482 (B4) Unknown 100 100 347462962 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 33 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 656212006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 18 139974768 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 40 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 90.8 Mixed 92.1 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 68%
WD WD3200BVVT-63A26Y0 320GB 832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 79GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 4163 (03) Spinup time 152 149 1375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2353 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2103 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	19.8% Very poor	Read 49.4 Write 19.4 Mixed 24 23% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.27 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 58%

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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