Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.5% 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	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (21^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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 56.7 2-Core 105 48% 77.5 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 191 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 13.7 13% 14.7 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 15.4 14% 17.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 3241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1598 (A8) Unknown 100 100 316 (AA) Unknown 100 100 119 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3211345 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5308465 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1039 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 201864314911 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 158 (DA) Unknown 100 100 158 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5739 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4931 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5691 (F4) Unknown 100 100 49 (F5) Unknown 100 100 81 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1670768	51% Above average	Read 453 Write 114 Mixed 225 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 11.6 72% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 47.7 54% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 83%
Samsung G3 Station 1.5TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 601GB free, PID 6013 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 33.1 Mixed 32.8 43% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.23 55% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 8GB 698 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.9 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 50%

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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