Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.6% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 126 59% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 389 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 809D) CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 27.8 19% 27 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 33.1 24% 28.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 60GB 2,308 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 40GB free Firmware: V2.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 37 37 37 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 411 Write 182 Mixed 204 SusWrite 50.8 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 10.1 62% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 99.5 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 19.5 41% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 158 178 177 180 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 192 Mixed 73 SusWrite 171 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 8GB free Firmware: V54OA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 48 64 50 56 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 67.3 Mixed 38 SusWrite 55.5 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 40%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 130GB free Firmware: JF100-19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 63 64 62 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 65.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 63.3 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 42%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 42GB free Firmware: CC31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 75 78 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 77.7 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5273CH0-CH9 8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.2% 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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	388x
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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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