Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	24.4% 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	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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 45.8 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 113 42% 74.1 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 276 30% 241 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8553) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.4% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 29 24% 29.4 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 28 Splatting 27.6 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 891GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 402 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8454 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 46 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1294178921 (F2) Unknown 200 200 623554196	114% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 173 Mixed 170 142% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.34 124% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214480480 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 259400758 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 470941723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1826 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 47244640283 (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 -75651553943473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38731614218 (F2) Unknown 100 253 171343675044	67.9% Good	Read 128 Write 109 Mixed 122 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 11 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 5.5 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 177 23% 177 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 63%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	428x
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	108x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
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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Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16