Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 00:47
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 133 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 389 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 65.5 62% 71.4 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8647286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 126684355369484 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2905 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1808 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 28 74 42954522652 (C2) HDA temperature 28 74 42954522652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8647286 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8647286 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8647286 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10784 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10416 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10416 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9679	51.5% Above average	Read 457 Write 142 Mixed 204 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 13 66% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 45.5 52% 90 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A360 500GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: PC4OC70X Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 155 155 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4458 (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 63 63 16552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4437 (A0) Unknown 100 100 4437 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8589934769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 212924 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 244813725723 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 87 87 3541	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 93.7 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 97GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160944896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 30189420761 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5298 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 48 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1820 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 127132 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 38654705695 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77429670421903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36517256038 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89235334718	92.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 159 Mixed 130 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 750GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 323GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 31.5 Mixed 29.9 41% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 51%

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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 $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