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 below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	38.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 x 65536 colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 04:43
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 84.6 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 106 53% 83 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 269 28% 225 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 158111504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 127457449486352 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 652 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 158111504 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 158111504 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 158111504 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6925 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4147 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4147 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8503	38.1% Below average	Read 193 Write 101 Mixed 111 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 10.4 66% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 33.9 46% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 448GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203373016 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 41977554 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 605290528 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42056 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 64424509472 (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 99707665783703 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9107947304 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40114772599	87.9% Excellent	Read 169 Write 138 Mixed 63.7 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	426x
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	107x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16