Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 18:11
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 441 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 6188) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.08% Terrible	Lighting 4.97 Reflection 6 Parallax 4.31 4% 5.09 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 3.57 4% 5.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.08% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3342372 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 884 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 67 69 296354250785 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42949672970 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 373 (EA) Unknown 100 100 809 (F1) Unknown 253 253 686 (F2) Unknown 253 253 444 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.4% Above average	Read 478 Write 175 Mixed 230 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 9.21 56% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 24.8 38% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 804GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1664 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4061 (0A) Spinup retry count 147 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18628 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 287763922975 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 180 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 271 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.8% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 83.6 Mixed 83.5 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.19 47% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 3,006 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 671GB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 115 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 110%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 480GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 29.4 Mixed 29.4 38% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.17 33% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x4GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 74%

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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 $90Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16