Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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. 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 01:59
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	0%

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-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 122 59% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 388 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% XFX(1682 9270) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 30 Parallax 39.6 27% 34.2 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 34.5 24% 29 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 51660996312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 80290118649332 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3150 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 635 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 54 64428048415 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 64428048415 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 51660996312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 51660996312 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 51660996312 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18116 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17393 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17393 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18193	38.5% Below average	Read 438 Write 115 Mixed 121 48% 225 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 10 39% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 66.7 DQ Write 28.5 DQ Mixed 16.5 20% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 73%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 2050 (03) Spinup time 186 165 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4141 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 168194 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.5% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 100 Mixed 91.7 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.15 46% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 77%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 10GB free Firmware: P22OABEA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 2752539 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12895060123 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13957 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1899 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7045 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15069 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15069 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 244813725732 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1987 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 7	30% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 51.3 Mixed 43.3 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 70%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $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 $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 $15	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