Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 06:53
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 66.5 2-Core 134 60% 97 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 301 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 37.1 25% 33.8 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 38.7 26% 31 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU 700 240GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 83GB free Firmware: B170 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 264 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 99 99 65542 (AD) Unknown 200 200 8591048711 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 911 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 171800789026 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2475801088 (EA) Unknown 100 100 262887620608 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2559375178 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1194682184	75.9% Very good	Read 518 Write 452 Mixed 499 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 9.35 78% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 6.68 36% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 747GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225188704 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53655269 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 65030783012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11993 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 38654705700 (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 -68105296403425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10959429719 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32568056038	75% Very good	Read 124 Write 136 Mixed 130 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.54 176% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 196609 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 79 (03) Spinup time 137 137 12896501918 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1037 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1071 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1071 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 231928758309 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	44.3% Average	Read 80.8 Write 73.8 Mixed 87.2 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.12 42% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 54%

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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 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16