Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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-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 (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 139 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 446 43% 355 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 200F) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 22 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 26.5 18% 24.6 fps	Splatting 29.3 30% 29.3 fps
Poor: 19% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SVP100S2256G 256GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: CJRA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 34029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 180 180 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 78 53 201864314902 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.3% Below average	Read 200 Write 148 Mixed 165 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 11.7 58% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 11.8 18% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 50%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 172GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 166 1658 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 69 163211247660 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 15 15 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67018 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.8 Mixed 96.1 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 65%
WD My Passport Elite 500GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 65GB free, PID 070b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 25.1 Mixed 25.6 34% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%

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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