Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 12:59
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 63.4 2-Core 118 54% 86.8 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 268 31% 241 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 68.2 63% 74.5 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 70.6 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4299423787 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 59 176093659175 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60130590736 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 135 (EA) Unknown 100 100 203 (F1) Unknown 253 253 174 (F2) Unknown 253 253 140 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.8% Above average	Read 481 Write 163 Mixed 236 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 5.58 70% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 6.31 16% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 168212208 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4605613702 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 46 46 54 (BC) Unknown 100 99 81605689378 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 487981080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2664 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -6618544595676 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40312470813 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48743604185	82.8% Excellent	Read 122 Write 165 Mixed 147 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.78 218% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 78%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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