Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.6% 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	17.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 17:32
Run Duration	640 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 131 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 371 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.6% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 35.7 25% 31.6 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 32.7 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G726A104-475-27 120GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4321739182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 97040491086840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 910 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 22 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 55837982767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 109 4321739182 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 109 109 4321739182 (CC) Soft ECC correction 109 109 4321739182 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28886 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6746 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6746 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8826	17.3% Very poor	Read 428 Write 1.95 Mixed 2.3 30% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.007 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.2 0% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219356928 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4635 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21067130 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 756154412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79498 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 47244640300 (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 105969728097672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12033753610 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13736121314	72.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 101 Mixed 159 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.7% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.1 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 36%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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