Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 19:06
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 152 60% 102 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 448 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 89% 108 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 84.8 74% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
C300-mtf DDAC128MAG 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 26GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 55296 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 523 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8792 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17179869186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 59 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 46275 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 27 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	47.9% Average	Read 349 Write 137 Mixed 195 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 4.33 69% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 20.4 50% 107 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 60%
C300-mtf DDAC128MAG 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 14GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 67584 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1795 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (AA) Unknown 100 100 33 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 597 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 154618822691 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 271 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8358 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (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 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 356 Write 139 Mixed 198 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 4.37 66% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 18.5 25% 44 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 60%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 114057152415350 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2260 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1758 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 429494 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 429494 (F2) Unknown 100 100 320644 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15486	56.2% Above average	Read 486 Write 118 Mixed 161 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 13.3 84% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 44.4 51% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 335GB free Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 66 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1981 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184685232163 (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 200 200 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 152 Mixed 147 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 247GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154279577 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51948973 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2253 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555417633 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 98784247841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 154279577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	33.6% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 56.7 Mixed 59.7 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.44 93% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 63%

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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 $274	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