Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 16:42
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 59.8 2-Core 120 53% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 239 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.3 69% 79 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 77.4 63% 77.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 9 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393230 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 146029740062 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 638 (F1) Unknown 100 100 602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1008 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35604	46% Average	Read 363 Write 191 Mixed 270 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 4.18 64% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 1.63 16% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215610880 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13908041 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 505085980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2317 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43168716289517 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9330130829 (F2) Unknown 100 253 336057015458	108% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 197 Mixed 146 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.76 211% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 453GB free, PID 2321 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 98.6 Write 107 Mixed 82.4 123% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.14 32% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	429x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	391x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	205x

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	67x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353