Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 40.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (51%). 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	5.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '16 at 17:07
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 425 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 39.3 2-Core 75.3 40% 60.4 Pts	4-Core 88.8 8-Core 102 12% 95.2 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO 1,167 User benchmarks, average bench 5% XFX(1682 2387) 1.5GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	4.22% Terrible	Lighting 5.53 Reflection 6.23 Parallax 2.16 4% 4.64 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 4.09 4% 4.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.22% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5338 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 91 (AE) Unknown 100 100 188 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 49 219043332145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4834717136 (F7) Unknown 100 100 153471786 (F8) Unknown 100 100 581095450	54% Above average	Read 492 Write 132 Mixed 186 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 13.8 83% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 9.1 16% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 77%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 896GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 6900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1718 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3876 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 43 (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 200 200 534 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 83.2 Mixed 82.2 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 165GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 154 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24238 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 464792 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 39 (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	33.5% Below average	Read 59 Write 57.3 Mixed 57.5 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 43%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SM/xD 64GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 33GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 86.6 Write 47.8 Mixed 62 78% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 1.57 145% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL25664TB1337.16FF Kingston 99U5402-060.A00LF Team-Elite-1600 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.6% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	388x
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 $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 $177	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