Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.5% 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	54.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 75 2-Core 147 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 453 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 76 52% 67.8 fps	MRender 57.8 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 51.6 46% 56.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1752 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 92 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188978561055 (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 100 100 803 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16047256196 (F7) Unknown 100 100 507028056 (F8) Unknown 100 100 953861027	54.9% Above average	Read 477 Write 265 Mixed 344 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 17 60% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 30.8 DQ Mixed 9.06 11% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 251GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 16672 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91210659 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2458 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538181664 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 33 16672 (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 126383707657218 (F1) Unknown 100 253 368194620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 612774885	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 20GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 131 Write 48.6 Mixed 53.6 84% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.96 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.86 102% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 18.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 15.1 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%

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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	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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	65x

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	45x
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 $273	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 $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 $45	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