Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36% 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	53.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 81 2-Core 145 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 247 33% 248 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 49.6 38% 42.3 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 40.1 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8596370209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 56719338114703 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1203 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 304 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 64427327516 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 64427327516 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8596370209 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8596370209 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8596370209 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6827 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5426 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5426 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5553	53.8% Above average	Read 442 Write 110 Mixed 198 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 12.8 94% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 11.4 20% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 73%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 323GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2953 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3050 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 9 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 12010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3518 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 2911 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3177 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 61 303169554 (C2) HDA temperature 80 59 336723988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 449688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 107 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 172GB free Firmware: AX001F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st 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 1006 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3315 (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 84 84 6480 (0A) Spinup retry count 166 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3131 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 584 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 507 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27324 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261993857052 (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 8 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4413 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	48.9% Average	Read 85.7 Write 84.6 Mixed 84.7 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905474-060.A00LF 9905474-060.A00LF 16GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns

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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 $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