Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.3% 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	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 20:56
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 57.6 2-Core 116 52% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 270 29% 232 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B A001) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.9 10% 13.6 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 16.2 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9170 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3033 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25471867821	66.4% Good	Read 457 Write 312 Mixed 311 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 14.2 80% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 13 41% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 108%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 618GB free Firmware: JF4OA0E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 181 100 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 12543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 949188231168 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12 (BE) vendor-specific 78 49 269877270 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 726 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3932220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1257620 (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 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	46.9% Average	Read 89.4 Write 74.1 Mixed 62.4 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 378GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 91 224744059 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7628 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 2017 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 60471589086 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 53 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4731 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8190627678815 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 158 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504365086 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 18 224744059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2365	52.6% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 90.8 Mixed 86 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,450 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 969GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 100 Write 94.5 Mixed 17.7 82% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 11.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
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 $37Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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