Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 23:09
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 113 54% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 265 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon HD 3450 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0296) 512MB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.58 Parallax 0.5 1% 0.93 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1.26 1% 0.86 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Elitegroup(1019 1808) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.59% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.79 fps	MRender 1.19 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.74 1% 0.84 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.59% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 539GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 35725865 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81691165 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 706478121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1005 (C2) HDA temperature 41 10 42949673001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 35725865 (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 -29021094015772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9835187536 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20467603346	87.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 153 Mixed 93.7 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 149GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1416 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3090 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3090 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684380198 (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 200 200 0	62.7% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 36.1 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 107%
Kingston DT 101 G2 8GB 2,409 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	5.32% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 6.35 Mixed 8.97 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 5.42 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.06 23% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.32% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 60%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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