Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.4% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 02:40
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 125 59% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 298 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04A8) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.4% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 80.6 47% 68 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 56.2 Splatting 54.8 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 264 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 42 103081967654 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 203187 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 203187 (F2) Unknown 100 100 318349 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3808 (FC) Unknown 100 100 11	69.2% Good	Read 485 Write 343 Mixed 394 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 22.4 86% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 96.1 DQ Mixed 15.1 24% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 168 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1090 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5508 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (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	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x4GB 912 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%

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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 $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