Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	25.8 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 00:49
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 135 62% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 435 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 113% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 1205 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 41966 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 106789 (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 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 360734 (F2) Unknown 100 100 625172 (F5) Unknown 100 100 671456	71.6% Very good	Read 497 Write 411 Mixed 457 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 16.8 84% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 17 20% 33 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 108%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 100 100 301 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 164 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6388 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4648
Poor: 55% Great: 98%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 56GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 100 100 244 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 119 (A3) Unknown 100 100 80 (A4) Unknown 100 100 39823 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1395 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 406751 (F2) Unknown 100 100 233839 (F5) Unknown 100 100 637168
Poor: 67% Great: 105%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 311GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4724 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3375 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 135009 (C2) HDA temperature 117 87 33 (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	33.9% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 54.7 Mixed 60.8 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 152GB free Firmware: HP22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12667988 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 24411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 337747582 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 82 82 18701 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065681 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 459 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 90968162336 (C2) HDA temperature 32 62 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 28 12667988 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55396488201380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1465169839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 660895492
Poor: 17% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 29.1 Mixed 28.6 37% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.06 45% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 28GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
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 $37Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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