Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6330 Six-Core 152 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 125 61% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 292 32% 255 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042A) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 41.9 29% 36.3 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 36.2 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB-$80 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (AB) Unknown 100 100 17931600 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 430 (D2) Unknown 100 100 7 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16974 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1883052790	51.1% Above average	Read 454 Write 202 Mixed 304 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 9.45 66% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 56.6 DQ Mixed 11.2 16% 27.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 90%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 66GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 116 116 30086201676 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 79379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1647 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1647 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 210454511647 (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 9563	36% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 62.7 Mixed 58.7 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 51%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 15GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 82 163235420 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 21 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4490188448 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 7703 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 504627227 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 118920 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 48 163235420 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	21.9% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 37 Mixed 42.6 30% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.37 82% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 12.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 46%

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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	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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16