Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.7% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 59 2-Core 122 54% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 277 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.1 41% 45.2 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2030 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81443664 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 68 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4399 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6927 (F9) Unknown 100 100 216071022	71.5% Very good	Read 472 Write 453 Mixed 472 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 17.3 77% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 14.1 18% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3160813AS 160GB-$139 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 70GB free Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228114383 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63169771 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1595 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229724 (BD) vendor-specific 27 27 73 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 622133285 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 30 228114383 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85345295134810 (F1) Unknown 100 253 579042696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2030842310	52.4% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 95.6 Mixed 90.2 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 65%
WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 34GB free Firmware: 32.06G32 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 89 83 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1509 (C2) HDA temperature 106 253 37 (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 200 253 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 125 0	25.2% Poor	Read 31 Write 56.3 Mixed 39.9 32% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.52 124% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.7% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 70%

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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 $40	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