Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	May 18 '16 at 20:25
Run Duration	443 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 25.1 2-Core 64.6 36% 53.2 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 367 30% 260 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 3153) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 12.2 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 419GB free Firmware: 04.01G01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 132 128 10400 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12969 (C2) HDA temperature 127 108 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 6	50.9% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 79.4 Mixed 63 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 89%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 162 6833 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1445 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5231 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 54 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 194 194 1093 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 192 192 1093	38.8% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 62.3 Mixed 63.7 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 51%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 153 4708 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18818 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2095 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 179338 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32% Below average	Read 49.3 Write 61.9 Mixed 68.4 46% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 49%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 15GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 181 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2198 (BE) vendor-specific 48 28 52 (C2) HDA temperature 95 75 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	22.7% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.5 Mixed 39.3 30% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 35%
Verbatim STORE N GO 4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 3e23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Read 14 Write 3.73 Mixed 5.6 8% 7.78 MB/s	4K Read 3.53 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 14% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.1 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.5 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 51%

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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 $38Bench 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 $179	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