Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.8% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130502
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 12:00
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 139 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 311 35% 273 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 54.4 34% 42.4 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 38.7 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 60GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 77 (AD) Unknown 100 100 37946034 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (DA) Unknown 100 100 735 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14975	65.8% Good	Read 503 Write 184 Mixed 257 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 9.29 96% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 23.3 58% 120 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 352GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 875 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 32 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 160 Mixed 155 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 149GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7710 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 16892 (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 93 93 34728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3238 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 53 353435669 (C2) HDA temperature 77 52 420544535 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18093 (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 88 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 54.6 Write 117 Mixed 69.1 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 10GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 81 206323944 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 58 438358185 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4981 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 48 113009865 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.7% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 37.6 Mixed 44.3 32% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5273TB0-CK0 KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5273TB0-CK0 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns

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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	428x
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	108x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16