Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	45.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 06:07
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 56.7 2-Core 114 50% 81.6 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 272 29% 231 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 580 9,899 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Dell(1028 1701) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 64 Parallax 74.9 44% 64.4 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 58 Splatting 53.8 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 716GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 145 144 145 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 144 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 21 22 31 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 65.4 Write 65.9 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 30.8 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 57%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 891GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 136 137 139 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 130 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 136 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 71%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 25GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 16 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 14.9 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 18.5 21% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 64% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 1333EL Series 1333EL Series 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.9% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 37%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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Value: 81% - Excellent

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