Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.3% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 122 54% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 274 31% 241 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 27.9 18% 24 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 22.9 21% 26.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7815 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 601 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2805872859	76.2% Very good	Read 479 Write 377 Mixed 398 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 20.8 108% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 54.3 39% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15384 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1646 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 94 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24847908979	71.4% Very good	Read 462 Write 306 Mixed 319 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 17.6 100% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 15.7 38% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 209GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 129 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 29965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4602 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9753 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 92.2 Mixed 91.6 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-894.A00LF 9905403-890.A00LF 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.3% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	428x
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	108x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
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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Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16