Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '16 at 22:47
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 136 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 460 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 0429) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.7 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 18.8 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 98793163449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -53584011961294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 295 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 29 29 71 (BE) vendor-specific 28 52 1013615689756 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 1013615689756 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8915641 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8915641 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8915641 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 67925 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26434 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26434 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20323	39.8% Below average	Read 189 Write 118 Mixed 102 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 10.1 67% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 22 45% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 590GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180337392 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61679119 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 1632559169564 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59231 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 -140737488355300 (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 -42756399422706 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35493353655 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48395744386	51.1% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 83.7 Mixed 80.7 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.19 47% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 304GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 890 (03) Spinup time 164 159 4758 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1830 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4507 (C2) HDA temperature 117 84 30 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.4% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 84.6 Mixed 91 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2560 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2487 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 27 (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	84.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 141 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 944GB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 94 Write 75.3 Mixed 52.3 89% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 6.16 4K Mixed 0.5 230% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 485GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 105 Write 117 Mixed 67.6 122% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 7.75 4K Mixed 0.33 278% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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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	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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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