Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.28% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131212
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 06:47
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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 FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 122 52% 86 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 264 30% 235 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 7.28 8% 8.49 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 9.17 7% 8.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 441GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9087 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6404 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9084 (C2) HDA temperature 102 95 45 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 87.9 Mixed 89.4 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 170GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89580022 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3622 (05) Reallocated sector count 46 46 2234 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 47349377812 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1190 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 554893340 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 12 89580022 (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 39041252750130 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2741686257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2127354047	43.7% Average	Read 78.8 Write 73.2 Mixed 66.6 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.59 123% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172772651 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 493705578 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1497 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 57 45 756219947 (C2) HDA temperature 43 55 47244640299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 24 172772651 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 441 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99699075804984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3921537833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1747583258	51.2% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 87.3 Mixed 79.2 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 70%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 875GB free, PID 50a0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 88.9 141% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 13GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.42% Terrible	Read 29.4 Write 10.9 Mixed 11.4 18% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.06 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.15 39% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.42% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.2% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
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	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16