Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.1% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 15:07
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 107 51% 81 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 369 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 8A9C) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 20.1 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 16.9 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 16.7 16% 19.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 115440216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -133822591004297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 166 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 42 21477589025 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 21477589025 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 115440216 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 115440216 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 115440216 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5303 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4193 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4193 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4973 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3407921	49.3% Average	Read 485 Write 105 Mixed 160 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 9.67 70% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 7.78 25% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 7324903 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1766376 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123355755708727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 765 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (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 108409269518610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 821313422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 650912732 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	67.1% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 92.9 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.49 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.14 109% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 910GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 43 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 32 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 180 Mixed 172 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.38 140% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.4% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 45%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $344

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