Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.7% 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '16 at 11:33
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 122 54% 87.2 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 285 32% 249 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 68.4 64% 75.6 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 74 Splatting 74.7 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8816472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 118369298691533 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1354 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1046 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 508 (BD) vendor-specific 30 68 64428965918 (C2) HDA temperature 30 68 64428965918 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8816472 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8816472 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8816472 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37446 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15073 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15073 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14955	53.7% Above average	Read 431 Write 143 Mixed 184 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 12.9 79% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 90.7 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 36.8 48% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 73%
T120 120GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 64GB free Firmware: 20150818 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 280 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33588 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47544 (F2) Unknown 100 100 32786 (F5) Unknown 100 100 63632	46.7% Average	Read 406 Write 138 Mixed 209 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 2.94 62% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 88.9 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 17.6 40% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 68%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 285GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 129 122 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3523 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 4 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3116 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 494281 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (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	47.5% Average	Read 94 Write 71.3 Mixed 78.4 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 2x8GB 2,364 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 61%

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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